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CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: October 30, 2014
Configurational Analysis in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Research
An edited volume to be published with Springer as part of the FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Edited by Andreas Kuckertz and Elisabeth Berger University of Hohenheim, Germany
Introduction
Rather than analyzing net effects, configurational analysis focuses on the analysis of causal complexity. Although originally employed primarily by sociologists and political scientists, there is an increasing number of scholars applying this approach in business and management studies. Entrepreneurship, innovation and technology are research areas, which naturally have numerous interfaces to other disciplines requiring complex research designs. The configurational approach provides an outstanding means to deal with that complexity.
Newly developed methods such as Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) have further led to an increased application in advanced theoretical and empirical studies. Given the rapid developments within this field, there exists a need for a state-of-the-art edited collection and a forum for further establishment of the configurational approach within management studies.
Objective of the Book
This volume aims at providing a forum for the discussion of the configurational approach in the context of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology and also at developing to be a standard reference in the rising field of the application and advancement of the configurational approach. We invite papers with different theoretical concepts and methods, in order to assemble a rich, vibrant and multi-faceted collection of studies following a configurational approach and bringing together diverse perspectives. Theoretical contributions will be considered as well as empirical papers. Apart from configurational methods such as qualitative comparative analysis and cluster analysis, we also welcome adjacent methods capturing complexity.
Target Audience
This book will be a timely reference and essential reading material for students, academics, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research practitioners as well as political decision makers.
Recommend Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Applications of configurational methods and theory in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology research • Evaluation of configurational methods in the context of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
- Trends and challenges in the application of QCA
- Large N QCA analysis in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology research • Cluster Analysis • MSDO/MDSO • Dealing with complexity and contingency in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology • Multidimensional factors of influence on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology and challenges for policy makers following from these influences • Cross-country, comparative, multi-effect studies
Submission Procedure
Researchers are invited to submit on or before October 30, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by November 30, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 30, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
This book will be published with Springer, as part of the FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The book series serves as a vehicle to help academics, professionals, researchers and policy makers, working in the fields of small business and entrepreneurship, to disseminate and obtain high quality knowledge. For additional information regarding the publisher and the book series, please visit
http://www.springer.com/series/13382.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) or by mail to:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
University of Hohenheim
Entrepreneurship
Wollgrasweg 49
D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: +49 711-459-24820
E-mail:
andreas.kuckertz@uni-hohenheim.de