Just one Damned Thing After Another: Towards an Event-based Perspective of Entrepreneurship. (May 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rauch, Andreas; Hulsink, Willem
• Other Names: Batjargal Bat guest-editor.; Jack Sarah guest-editor.; Mickiewicz Tomasz guest-editor.; Stam Erik guest-editor.; Stam Wouter guest-editor.; Wennberg Karl guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Entrepreneurship theory and practice. Volume 47:Number 3(2023)
• Page Start: 662
• Page End: 681
• Publication Date: 2023-05
• Subjects: entrepreneurship theory -- event-based perspective -- crisis -- disaster -- event characteristics -- event mechanis; Small business -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- Periodicals; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; 658.421
• DOI: 10.1177/10422587211061738
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-2587

Abstract

Although events such as the global financial crisis, natural disasters, or the COVID-19 pandemic have large impacts on entrepreneurship, the literature lacks a differentiated analysis of such events. This editorial highlights the importance of events which are discrete and bounded in space and time, unexpected, and strong enough to produce change that can lead to subsequent events. An event based approach is well suited to integrate context and time to predict entrepreneurial activity. We provide a more systematic description of events, their characteristics, and causal mechanisms to allow more holistic and generalizable analysis of the role of events in entrepreneurship.