TY - BOOK AU - Wright,Mike AU - Marlow, Susan TI - Entrepreneurial activity in the venture creation and development process SN - 02662426 AV - HD2341.167 INT PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Sage KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Entrepreneurship approach KW - Business start-up N2 - This special edition editorial notes the complex and dynamic nature of the new venture creation process. Although the growing body of work which explores discrete elements of this process is acknowledged, in-depth analyses of the ‘black box’ of new venture creation remain scarce. Thus, this special edition features articles that recognize and explore how entrepreneurial actors and their ventures progress within and between the various phases necessary to establish viable new firms within differing and uncertain contexts. Three articles are featured offering a diverse range of perspectives upon the challenges encountered during new venture creation and the strategies adopted to address these issues. Drawing from these articles, a more nuanced processual view of entrepreneurial activity in the venture creation and development process is presented and in addition, pathways are suggested for future research to develop this debate UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242611432793 ER -