TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing returns and the domain of entrepreneurship research
AU - Mitchell, Ronald K.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The domain definition of entrepreneurship research is "in play" as the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division prepares to submit a revision to its 1995 Domain Statement; and as "inclusive" vs. "distinctive" adjectives characterize the debate. In this essay, I argue that the inclusiveness/distinctiveness question itself poses a false dilemma detrimental to the development of entrepreneurship research as a field of excellence, when seen as a domain of increasing vs. decreasing returns. To encourage balanced discussion, I analyze the current and proposed domain statements according to their implicit worldview, content, basis for boundary setting, and implications for resolving domain-boundary conflicts.
AB - The domain definition of entrepreneurship research is "in play" as the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division prepares to submit a revision to its 1995 Domain Statement; and as "inclusive" vs. "distinctive" adjectives characterize the debate. In this essay, I argue that the inclusiveness/distinctiveness question itself poses a false dilemma detrimental to the development of entrepreneurship research as a field of excellence, when seen as a domain of increasing vs. decreasing returns. To encourage balanced discussion, I analyze the current and proposed domain statements according to their implicit worldview, content, basis for boundary setting, and implications for resolving domain-boundary conflicts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960293537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00473.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00473.x
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:79960293537
SN - 1042-2587
VL - 35
SP - 615
EP - 629
JO - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
IS - 4
ER -