Integrative entrepreneurship research – bridging the gap between sociological and economic perspectives. (1st January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bögenhold, Dieter; Fink, Matthias; Kraus, Sascha
• Is Part Of: International journal of entrepreneurial venturing. Volume 6:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 118
• Page End: 139
• Publication Date: 2014-01-01
• Subjects: entrepreneurship -- interdisciplinarity -- researcher survey; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; Business enterprises -- Periodicals; 658.42105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-5360

Abstract

The predominant perspective of entrepreneurship was rooted in the battle of entrepreneurship scholars to establish and legitimate a distinct discipline within the economics research community by delineating it from neighbouring disciplines such as sociology and psychology. As a result, social science aspects have tended to remain ignored; entrepreneurship research has largely lost the view of 'the big picture' that is necessary to understand the complex phenomenon under research. We argue that, in order to earn legitimacy as a research discipline, entrepreneurship research needs to be reintegrated into the broader landscape of social science – the missing links of entrepreneurship research. We therefore investigate which interfaces between sociological and economic perspectives can be identified in the discussion on entrepreneurship research on the basis of a questionnaire survey of 105 entrepreneurship researchers in the German-language realm, thereby providing a necessary base line for an interdisciplinary research program that offers the underpinnings for interdisciplinary research and first steps for a future integrative entrepreneurship research approach.