This path-breaking book gathers 'best practices' advice from the masters about how to achieve excellence in entrepreneurship research, how to create an outstanding research career and how to avoid the pitfalls that can sidetrack emerging scholars. Combining narratives from the 2009 and 2010 Entrepreneurship Exemplars Conferences, the authors frame the dialogue using person-environment fit theory and present keynote addresses and dialogue sessions that bring together editors and authors to reach into the unexplored corners of the top-tier research craft. This book makes explicit the tacit knowledge of top-tier research, giving all readers access to 'how-to' advice from research-craft masters. Learn what Howard Aldrich, Jay Barney, Michael Hitt, Duane Ireland, Patricia P. McDougall and S. 'Venkat' Venkataraman have to say about making research efforts count toward building a fulfilling and rewarding research career. Employing a combination of web and text media, this easy-to-read volume caters to researchers who may lack proximity to world-class sounding boards.

这本开创性的书收集了大师们关于如何在创业研究中取得卓越、如何创造卓越的研究生涯以及如何避免可能绕过新兴学者的陷阱的“最佳实践”建议。结合2009年和2010年创业范例会议的叙述，作者利用人与环境契合理论构建对话框架，并发表主题演讲和对话会，将编辑和作者聚集在一起，进入顶级研究领域尚未探索的角落。本书明确了顶级研究的隐性知识，让所有读者都能从研究大师那里获得“如何”的建议。了解Howard Aldrich、Jay Barney、Michael Hitt、Duane Ireland、Patricia P.McDougall和S.“Venkat”Venkataraman关于让研究努力成为成就感和回报感的研究职业的重要内容。采用网络和文本媒体相结合的方式，这本易读的书迎合了那些可能无法接近世界级发声板的研究人员。