‘X’TRAPRENEURSHIP- A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO BRING CLARITY IN ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH

Bidyut Baruah and Anthony Ward

No 2015-06-17, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: Research into entrepreneurship and associated terminologies is subject to a lack of clarity and consensus in definition or distinct research approach. Many researchers use different terms to denote or illustrate similar phenomena. Some emphasize the commonalities and defend the use of interchangeable terms, others strongly argue over their distinguishing features. This conceptual paper will discuss these inconsistencies and introduce a new approach called the ‘X’trapreneurship approach to classify distinct domains of entrepreneurship: independent process, bottom-up process and top-down process. This three domain approach will help in resolving the plague of inconsistencies surrounding entrepreneurial research areas giving researchers a distinct framework to identify the position of different entrepreneurial terminologies. Using this approach, a revised hierarchy of entrepreneurship terminologies is proposed in this paper which will bring some form of simplification and clarity thereby serving as a guideline for future research and adding a unique contribution to the entrepreneurial research field. Key words: ‘x’trapreneurship approach; entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; corporate entrepreneurship; corporate venturing

Date: 2015-06
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