Hans Landström
Professor emeritus
The rigour-relevance debate : strategies to avoid creating an ivory tower in entrepreneurship research1
Author
Editor
- Eddy Laveren
- Robert Blackburn
- Ulla Hytti
- Hans Landström
Summary, in English
Traditionally entrepreneurship and small business research has been regarded as a practical and relevant research field, providing knowledge to be used to solve various societal problems. As the field is becoming more and more institutionalized in the academic system, scientific rigour in research has been emphasized at the expense of relevance. In the chapter the authors strives to show that producing research with practical relevance does not conflict with the production of scientifically rigorous research. On the contrary, it is important that the implications formulated for external stakeholders are well rooted in rigorous scientific research.
Department/s
- Entrepreneurship
Publishing year
2019-01-01
Language
English
Pages
18-28
Publication/Series
Rigour and Relevance in Entrepreneurship Research, Resources and Outcomes Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Topic
- Business Administration
Status
Published
Research group
- Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781789903980
- ISBN: 9781789903973