Increasing Returns and the Domain of Entrepreneurship Research

Ronald K. Mitchell

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2011, vol. 35, issue 4, 615-629

Abstract: The domain definition of entrepreneurship research is “in play†as the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division prepares to submit a revision to its 1995 Domain Statement; and as “inclusive†vs. “distinctive†adjectives characterize the debate. In this essay, I argue that the inclusiveness/distinctiveness question itself poses a false dilemma detrimental to the development of entrepreneurship research as a field of excellence, when seen as a domain of increasing vs. decreasing returns. To encourage balanced discussion, I analyze the current and proposed domain statements according to their implicit worldview, content, basis for boundary setting, and implications for resolving domain–boundary conflicts.

Date: 2011
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