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Creating the Future Together: Toward a Framework for Research Synthesis in Entrepreneurship

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: To develop a body of evidence–based knowledge on entrepreneurship, findings and contributions from the positivist, narrative, and design research traditions in this area need to be combined. Therefore, a framework for research synthesis in terms of social mechanisms, contextual conditions, and outcome patterns is developed in this paper. Subsequently, a synthesis of the existing body of research findings on entrepreneurial opportunities serves to illustrate how this framework can be applied and provides results that inform entrepreneurial action. Finally, we discuss how this synthetic approach serves to systematically connect the fragmented landscape of entrepreneurship research, and thus gradually build a cumulative and evidence–based body of knowledge on entrepreneurship.

Source: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

DOI: 10.1111/etap.12092

Authors: Elco van Burg, A. Georges L. Romme

Institutions: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2052906798

FWCI: 21.08

Cites: 181

Cited by: 124

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