“Entrepreneurship” can often seem like a buzzword.
Since the 1970s, there has been a strong narrative of the entrepreneur; a visionary leader, who is changing the way we live our day-to-day lives, and driving human innovation to the next level.
But amidst the glamour and mythology, entrepreneurship also has a science to it. And the "scientist" that dissect and study the world of entrepreneurship are the focus of this series.
In this first episode, we will discover the origins of entrepreneurship research, where it started, and how - like entrepreneurship itself - it grew rapidly to become a vibrant field of study combining economics, sociology, and psychology, to better understand this phenomenon that is shaping tomorrow’s world.
You will meet our entrepreneurship research faculty at the Ivey Business School, and discover what drew them to this field, and how each of them are trying to draw a clearer picture of what entrepreneurship means to individuals, society, and place - all wrapped up in the human story.
The Entrepreneur Podcast is sponsored by Connie Clerici, QS ’08, and Closing the Gap Healthcare Group, Inc.
To find out more about our Ivey faculty members, visit:
https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/disciplines/entrepreneurship/
Key characters mentioned in this episode include:
Important papers mentioned in this episode include:
- The promise of entrepreneurship as a field of research
S Shane, S Venkataraman (2000), Academy of management review 25 (1), 217-226 - Discovery and creation: Alternative theories of entrepreneurial action
SA Alvarez, JB Barney (2007), Strategic entrepreneurship journal 1 (1‐2), 11-26 - How do entrepreneurs organize firms under conditions of uncertainty?
SA Alvarez, JB Barney (2005), Journal of Management 31 (5), 776-793 - How entrepreneurial firms can benefit from alliances with large partners
SA Alvarez, JB Barney (2001), Academy of Management Perspectives 15 (1), 139-148 - Entrepreneurship and Epistemology: The Philosophical Underpinnings of the Study of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
SA Alvarez, JB Barney (2010), Academy of Management Annals 4 (1), 557-583 - Organizing rent generation and appropriation: Toward a theory of the entrepreneurial firm
SA Alvarez, JB Barney (2004), Journal of Business Venturing 19 (5), 621-635 - The entrepreneurial theory of the firm
S Alvarez, JB Barney (2007), Journal of Management Studies 44 (7), 1057-1063 - Causation and effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to entrepreneurial contingency
SD Sarasvathy (2001) Academy of Management Review 26 (2), 243-263 - Effectuation: Elements of entrepreneurial expertise
SD Sarasvathy (2008), Edward Elgar Publishing - Creating something from nothing: Resource construction through entrepreneurial bricolage
T Baker, RE Nelson (2005), Administrative science quarterly 50 (3), 329-366 - Entrepreneurial action and the role of uncertainty in the theory of the entrepreneur
JS McMullen, DA Shepherd (2006), Academy of Management Review 31 (1), 132-152
