Capturing the Complexity and Ambiguity of Academic Fields: Determining Consensual Definitions for Small Business Research, Entrepreneurship and Their Shared Interface

Andreas Kuckertz and Christoph Mandl ()
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Christoph Mandl: University of Hohenheim

A chapter in Complexity in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Research, 2016, pp 417-438 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Small business management and entrepreneurship are clearly related phenomena but certainly not synonymous. We seek to capture and disentangle this complex relationship between both fields by employing a large-scale survey of small business and entrepreneurship scholars and a content analysis of published research from both areas, from which we derive an implicit consensual definition of each field and the interface between them. Our findings suggest the presence of a relatively strong common bond within the fields that enables researchers to reflect multiple perspectives, while still maintaining each field’s distinctiveness.

Keywords: Academic field; Content analysis; Definition; Entrepreneurship; Small business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27108-8_20

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