Hans Landström
Professor emeritus
The evolution of entrepreneurship as a scholarly field
Author
Summary, in English
Over the last 50 years, entrepreneurship as a scientific field has grown significantly - from a small emerging venture in the 1970s to a global industry today with thousands of people around the world who consider themselves entrepreneurship scholars. In this fast growing field there is always a risk that our history will get lost, with consequences in terms of lack of knowledge accumulation and understanding of the concepts and theories that we use in our research. Research on entrepreneurship has a long history. In this review I will focus on the modern history of entrepreneurship research by describing and synthesizing the evolution of entrepreneurship as a scholarly field after the Second World War. The social and intellectual evolution of the field can be divided into five periods: the forerunners in mainstream disciplines, the formation of the field, the growth of entrepreneurship research, the golden era, and finally, the establishment of a scholarly field in its own right. Thus, to a large extent the evolution of entrepreneurship as a scientific field follows the path of Hambrick and Chen's model (2008) from marginalization of the topic in the Post Second World War period to differentiation, mobilization, academic legitimacy, and conversion of the field in the 2010s.
Department/s
- Entrepreneurship
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Pages
67-243
Publication/Series
Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
Volume
16
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article review
Publisher
Now Publishers Inc
Topic
- Business Administration
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1551-3114