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Title

Entrepreneurial research to research entrepreneurship: a case study in collaborative research design

Author(s)

Rushworth, Susan;  Winkel, Doan;  Vanevenhoven, Jeff

Abstract

Entrepreneurship remains relatively immature compared with other business, economic and social research disciplines. It lacks large scale, longitudinal studies with rigorous research methods and complex models that provide a foundational, empirical base, partly due to the resource-intensive nature of such studies. Since entrepreneurship has been defined as “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to the resources controlled”, applying entrepreneurial methods to entrepreneurship research provides a potential solution. A new entrepreneurship research project is presented as a case study using this approach. Significant benefits in terms of scale and research design quality of the resulting project are identified.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology

Source

Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: 8th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 01-04 February 2011, pp. 55-68

Publication year

2011

FOR Code(s)

150304 Entrepreneurship

Keyword(s)

Entrepreneurship;  Entrepreneurship research

Publisher

Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology

ISBN

9780980332872

Publisher URL

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/agse/conference/entrepreneurship-research-exchange/

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 The Authors. Proceedings copyright © 2011 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.

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