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Per Davidsson
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Per Davidsson: Queensland University of Technology

Chapter 4 in Researching Entrepreneurship, 2016, pp 75-113 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract What is it we are really trying to do, when doing “research”? This chapter aims to set a sound foundation for more detailed discussions of methods issues. This also aims to organize familiar research vocabulary (e.g., sample, inference, validity, model specification, boundary conditions, causality) within a holistic framework. Further, the chapter discusses pros and cons of different research approaches (“qualitative” vs. “quantitative”) and different types of data (archival, survey, laboratory, case studies) in an entrepreneurship research context. Discussions of entrepreneurship-specific challenges relating to process, analysis level, and heterogeneity form an important part of the chapter.

Keywords: Survey Research; Archival Data; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Entrepreneurial Process; Entrepreneurship Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26692-3_4

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