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Grounding and Developing the Design Perspective on Entrepreneurship: From Individual–Opportunity Nexus to Artifact-Centered Triad

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: To enhance managerial relevance, entrepreneurship theory should be anchored in frameworks that are both practically useful and conceptually coherent. This essay develops a triadic design perspective on entrepreneurship that incorporates artifacts alongside individuals and environmental circumstances. Building on concepts of epistemic objects (Knorr Cetina), reflective design practice (Schön), and world disclosing (Spinosa et al.), opportunities are conceptualized as actively framed situations, within which ventures are designed, through the use of more or less concrete entrepreneurial artifacts. This resulting account of entrepreneurship as an artifact-centered and potentially transformative process of design will hopefully offer a robust foundation for advancing entrepreneurship research and practice.

Source: Journal of Management Inquiry

DOI: 10.1177/10564926241308479

Authors: Henrik Berglund, Dimo Dimov

Institutions: Chalmers University of Technology, Reykjavík University, University of Bath

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650

OpenAlex ID: W4408453926

FWCI: 19.03

Cites: 88

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10