Envisioning Entrepreneurship's Future: Introducing Me-Search and Research Agendas. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shepherd, Dean A.; Wiklund, Johan; Dimov, Dimo
• Other Names: Shepherd Dean A. guest-editor.; Wiklund Johan guest-editor.; Dimov Dimo guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Entrepreneurship theory and practice. Volume 45:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 955
• Page End: 966
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: cognition/knowledge/learning -- creativity/innovation -- decision making -- entrepreneurial behavior/bricolage -- entrepreneurial orientation; Small business -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- Periodicals; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; 658.421
• DOI: 10.1177/10422587211026872
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-2587

Abstract

The future of the field of entrepreneurship is bright primarily because of the many research opportunities to make a difference. However, as scholars how can we find these opportunities and choose the ones most likely to contribute to the literature? This essay introduces me-search and a special issue of research-agenda papers from leading scholars as tools for blazing new trails in entrepreneurship research. Me-search and the agenda papers point to the importance of solving a practical problem; problematizing, contextualizing, and abstracting entrepreneurship research; and using empirical theorizing to explore entrepreneurial phenomena.