The philosophy and practice of interpretivist research in entrepreneurship: Quality, validation, and trust

CM Leitch, FM Hill, RT Harrison - Organizational Research …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge production in entrepreneurship requires inclusivity as well as diversity and
pluralism in research perspectives and approaches. In this article, the authors address …

Entrepreneurial and business growth and the quest for a “comprehensive theory”: tilting at windmills?

C Leitch, F Hill, H Neergaard - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Even though there has been sustained interest in growth for almost 50 years, relatively little
is known about this phenomenon and much confusion and misunderstanding surrounds it …

The gendering of entrepreneurship: theoretical and empirical insights

J Rouse, L Treanor, E Fleck - International Journal of Entrepreneurial …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–This extended Editorial outlines the genesis and theoretical interests of the Gender
and Enterprise Network from which this special issue of the International Journal of …

Entrepreneurial narrative identity and gender: A double epistemological shift

E Hamilton - Journal of Small Business Management, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A double epistemological shift is proposed to challenge the enduring dominance of the
discourse of entrepreneurial masculinity, which impedes our understanding of …

Understanding entrepreneurship: Challenging dominant perspectives and theorizing entrepreneurship through new postpositivist epistemologies

M Karatas‐Ozkan, AR Anderson… - Journal of Small …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Entrepreneurship is characterized by complex, dynamic and emergent processes, and the
interplay between actors, processes, and contexts. Postpositivistic approaches offer the …

[BOOK][B] Young entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa

KV Gough, T Langevang - 2017 - library.oapen.org
rs, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Professor Craig Jeffrey, and Professor Peter Rosa, along with
all the other participants, provided useful feedback and encouraged us to proceed with …

Researching entrepreneurship: an approach to develop subjective understanding

D Rajasinghe, C Aluthgama-Baduge… - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Entrepreneurship is a complex social activity. Hence, knowledge production in the
field requires inclusivity and diversity within research approaches and perspectives to …

In search of black entrepreneurship: Why is there a lack of entrepreneurial activity among the black population in South Africa?

P Preisendörfer, A Bitz… - Journal of Developmental …, 2012 - World Scientific
Compared to other ethnic groups, the black population of South Africa has a low
participation rate in entrepreneurship activities. The research question of this article is to …

Re-imagining the growth process:(co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

J Clarke, R Holt, R Blundel - Entrepreneurship & Regional …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We investigate the role and influence of the biological metaphor 'growth'in studies of
organizations, specifically in entrepreneurial settings. We argue that we need to reconsider …

Does practice make micro-entrepreneurs perfect? An investigation of expertise acquisition using effectuation and causation

N Ranabahu, M Barrett - Small Business Economics, 2020 - Springer
This paper reports on a study testing whether and how the use of effectuation and causation
logics influences deliberate practice in businesses started by microfinance borrowers …