Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Friederike Welter and Frank Lasch

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2008, vol. 32, issue 2, 241-248

Abstract: With this article, as introduction to a special issue on entrepreneurship research in Europe, we hope to initiate a discussion about the importance of grounding entrepreneurship research in its national context. Different European researchers, all knowledgeable about the entrepreneurship research scene in their respective country, present the state of the research field for France, Germany, the United Kingdom (Blackburn & Smallbone, 2008); and Scandinavia. Two articles from U.S. authors complement this issue, reviewing differences in how entrepreneurship scholars measure the phenomenon and assessing the European approach(es). This special issue sets out to demonstrate the value of variety in the field—variety that very much depends on the different national, methodological, and thematic contexts entrepreneurship research takes place in.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00224.x

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