TY - JOUR

T1 - Understanding Entrepreneurship

T2 - Challenging Dominant Perspectives and Theorizing Entrepreneurship through New Postpositivist Epistemologies

AU - Karatas-Ozkan, Mine

AU - Anderson, Alistair

AU - Fayolle, Alain

AU - Howells, Jeremy

AU - Condor, Roland

PY - 2014/10/1

Y1 - 2014/10/1

N2 - Entrepreneurship is characterized by complex, dynamic and emergent processes, and the interplay between actors, processes, and contexts. Postpositivistic approaches offer the opportunity to examine subtleties of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship by placing emphasis on a range of its dimensions and the interplays between dimensions. Despite a growing body of postpositivistic research in response to such calls, the legitimacy of these approaches is still subject to debate on the grounds of rigor and relevance. This special issue challenges these prevailing but often hidden assumptions governing the conduct and publication of scholarly inquiry in the field of entrepreneurship and offers alternative perspectives for future research.

AB - Entrepreneurship is characterized by complex, dynamic and emergent processes, and the interplay between actors, processes, and contexts. Postpositivistic approaches offer the opportunity to examine subtleties of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship by placing emphasis on a range of its dimensions and the interplays between dimensions. Despite a growing body of postpositivistic research in response to such calls, the legitimacy of these approaches is still subject to debate on the grounds of rigor and relevance. This special issue challenges these prevailing but often hidden assumptions governing the conduct and publication of scholarly inquiry in the field of entrepreneurship and offers alternative perspectives for future research.

U2 - 10.1111/jsbm.12124

DO - 10.1111/jsbm.12124

M3 - Journal article

VL - 52

SP - 589

EP - 593

JO - Journal of Small Business Management

JF - Journal of Small Business Management

SN - 0047-2778

IS - 4

ER -