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Hans Landström

Professor emeritus

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The institutionalization of entrepreneurship : Questioning the status quo and re-gaining hope for entrepreneurship research

Author

  • Alain Fayolle
  • Hans Landström
  • William B. Gartner
  • Karin Berglund

Summary, in English

In this article, we briefly identify three main challenges/issues that should be taken into consideration in the institutionalization of entrepreneurship research: (1) recognizing the complexity of the phenomenon under study; (2) producing interesting, relevant and useful research results for all stakeholders; and (3) developing a critical posture in research. Following the discussion of these challenges/issues we introduce the five contributions to the Special Issue that, in different ways, problematize and challenge mainstream research and approaches. These articles use ‘dissensus discourses’, apply critical, ideological and paradigmatic stances and in some cases underline the importance of contextual factors.

Department/s

  • Department of Business Administration

Publishing year

2016-08-07

Language

English

Pages

477-486

Publication/Series

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volume

28

Issue

7-8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Economics and Business
  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • critical studies in entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship institutionalization
  • research complexity
  • research interestingness

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0898-5626