"That's Interesting!" in Entrepreneurship Research. (11th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Landström, Hans; Harirchi, Gouya
• Is Part Of: Journal of small business management. Volume 57(2019)Supplement 2
• Page Start: 507
• Page End: 529
• Publication Date: 2018-12-11
• Subjects: Small business -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.022
• DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12500
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-2778

Abstract

Abstract : In order for a work on entrepreneurship to be published and attract attention, it must be interesting. The aims of this study are to understand why entrepreneurship scholars perceive entrepreneurship studies as interesting, what they consider interesting, and how they distinguish themselves from management scholars in their perception of interestingness. The study is based on responses from 915 entrepreneurship scholars. Our results contribute to empirically nuancing the dimensions that scholars perceive as interesting, and also to identifying groups of entrepreneurship scholars that perceive interestingness in different ways, and to demonstrating the similarities and differences between entrepreneurship and management scholars.