Industry Evolution and Entrepreneurship: Steven Klepper's Contributions to Industrial Organization, Strategy, Technological Change, and Entrepreneurship

In this review of Steven Klepper's contributions in industry evolution, employee entrepreneurship, and geographical clusters, we trace the evolution of his scholarly career. Combining insights from an in-depth interview, our own experiences with him, and our retrospective review, we also note some salient characteristics of the process that Klepper employed while undertaking his research projects, an approach we believe was integral to the fundamental insights evidenced in the content of his scholarly work. Copyright (C) 2014 Strategic Management Society.