Entrepreneurship's Next Act

Entrepreneurship has become firmly established as a legitimate scholarly discipline. For entrepreneurship to influence managerial practice and public policy, however, we believe there needs to be a substantive shift in the focus, content, and methods of entrepreneurship research. We discuss ways thi...

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Published in:Academy of Management perspectives 2011-11, Vol.25 (4), p.67-83
Main Authors: Zahra, Shaker A, Wright, Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic discipline
Business studies
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Management research
Public policy
Small and medium sized enterprises
Social policy
Studies
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Summary:Entrepreneurship has become firmly established as a legitimate scholarly discipline. For entrepreneurship to influence managerial practice and public policy, however, we believe there needs to be a substantive shift in the focus, content, and methods of entrepreneurship research. We discuss ways this shift could occur, highlighting the need to recognize the multiple dimensions of entrepreneurial activities--and the importance of examining the heterogeneous aspects of context and factoring them into future theory building and testing efforts--and delineating the microfoundations of entrepreneurship. We also discuss how to strengthen the link between entrepreneurship research and public policy. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1558-9080
1943-4529
DOI:10.5465/amp.2010.0149