Editor's Introduction: Low and MacMillan Ten Years On: Achievements and Future Directions for Entrepreneurship Research

Davidsson, Per; Low, Murray B.; Wright, Michael

doi:10.1177/104225870102500401

Cited by 197 publications

(118 citation statements)

References 16 publications

(7 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

106

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This scope of this study is not limited to successful (surviving) ASOs, as this approach attempts to avoid the survivor bias common to many studies on new ventures (Davidsson et al 2001). Although organisational failure is a common event, the subject has been under-researched (Blackburn and Kovalainen 2009) and is to some extent-at least in Europe-'unmentionable' (Wilkinson and Mellahi 2005).…”

Section: Research Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

How human capital interacts with the early development of academic spin-offs

2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper focuses on venture team characteristics with respect to human capital dimensions in early stage ventures emerging from academic research (institutions). Three major groups have been investigated: founders, top managers and directors. Data was obtained using personal interviews with 185 product-oriented academic spin-offs in nine European countries, including those of 17 failures. The results show a significant positive-but diminishing-impact of team heterogeneity on venture success, as well as a positive impact from legal expertise within the board of directors. At management level, the results further indicate that larger management team are better equipped to face the challenges in academic spin-offs. Furthermore, the added value of serial entrepreneurs is questioned, since they seem to negatively impact a spin-off's survival chances. Several implications are addressed, dealing with an appropriate team composition (on the levels of both top management and the board of directors) as well as the importance of paying attention to team development.

show abstract

Section: Research Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

How human capital interacts with the early development of academic spin-offs

2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Addressing the first question, of how people learn to work in entrepreneurial ways, the dominance of economics-based and entitative thinking is long-standing, although it offers a limited understanding of the human and social processes of entrepreneurship and learning (Davidsson et al, 2001), That is not to disregard the contribution of economics, for although Schumpeter (1934) and Kirzner (1973) observed the importance of learning in the entrepreneurial process, Binks and Vale (1990) commented on the limitations of economic theory in understanding the human, sociological and psychological aspects of entrepreneurial behaviour. Recent studies of entrepreneurial cognition, such as Mitchell et al (2002) and Parker (2004) have been limited by the cognitivist paradigm of individual (not social) and cerebral (not behavioural) conceptualisation.…”

Section: Summary Of Relevant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial learning: a narrative‐based conceptual model

Rae

2005

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

292

337

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose -Entrepreneurial learning is an important area of enquiry which is not well understood in either the academic study of entrepreneurship or the practical development of new entrepreneurs. The article aims to explore two questions: first, how do people learn to work in entrepreneurial ways -are there significant processes and experiences in their learning, which can be related to existing learning theories? Second, can a useful framework to understand entrepreneurial learning be developed and applied both in entrepreneurial practice and conceptually by educators? Design/methodology/approach -The article includes a brief critical review of the theoretical literature in the areas of entrepreneurship and learning. Thematic discourse analysis is used to interpret the life story narratives of three entrepreneurs in the creative industries. Material from their learning experiences is used to support the development of a conceptual model. This demonstrates connections between the emergence of entrepreneurial identity, learning as a social process, opportunity recognition, and venture formation as a negotiated activity. Findings -The principal finding is to propose a conceptual framework of entrepreneurial learning as a triadic model, including major themes of personal and social emergence, contextual learning, the negotiated enterprise, and a group of 11 related sub-themes. Practical implications -Applications of the model in entrepreneurship education, work-based learning and practice, are proposed, within and beyond the context of the creative media industry. Originality/value -The paper develops an original and distinctive conceptual understanding of entrepreneurial learning through analysis of entrepreneurs' experiences, based on a social learning and constructionist perspective.

show abstract

“…In light of such, there have been calls for entrepreneurship researchers to work back from empirical studies to question assumptions and build new conceptual frameworks (e.g. Davidsson et al 2001;Macpherson and Holt 2007;Blackburn and Kovalainen 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Clarke

Holt

Blundel

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We investigate the role and influence of the biological metaphor 'growth' in studies of organizations, specifically in entrepreneurial settings. We argue that we need to reconsider metaphorical expressions of growth processes in entrepreneurship studies in order to better understand growth in the light of contemporary challenges, such as environmental concerns.Our argument is developed in two stages: first, we review the role of metaphor in organization and entrepreneurship studies. Second, we reflect critically on three conceptualizations of growth that have drawn on biological metaphors: the growing organism, natural selection and co-evolution. We find the metaphor of co-evolution heuristically valuable but under-used and in need of further refinement. We propose three characteristics of the co-evolutionary metaphor that might enrich our understanding of entrepreneurial growth: relational epistemology; collectivity; and multidimensionality. Through this we provide a conceptual means of reconciling an economic impetus for entrepreneurial growth with an environmental imperative for sustainability.

show abstract

Editor's Introduction: Low and MacMillan Ten Years On: Achievements and Future Directions for Entrepreneurship Research

Cited by 197 publications

References 16 publications

How human capital interacts with the early development of academic spin-offs

How human capital interacts with the early development of academic spin-offs

Entrepreneurial learning: a narrative‐based conceptual model

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About