Does It Need to be Broader or Deeper? Trade-Offs in Entrepreneurship Theorizing

Dean A. Shepherd and Trenton A. Williams

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2023, vol. 47, issue 4, 1003-1030

Abstract: Given the importance of theorizing about an entrepreneurial phenomenon, we seek to highlight the common challenges of entrepreneurship papers’ theorizing and offer suggestions for how we (as a community of scholars) can address these challenges to develop more robust and impactful entrepreneurship papers to advance the entrepreneurship field. Specifically, we identify the following major reviewer comments of entrepreneurship papers regarding their scope, common features (i.e., contextualization, boundary conditions, and time considerations), and “point of view†. Elaborating on these common comments of entrepreneurship theory papers, we offer guidance on incorporating these insights when writing or reviewing entrepreneurship papers.

Keywords: opportunity recognition; opportunity search/discovery; organization theory; philosophy; time/temporal aspects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10422587221084239

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