Enacting entrepreneurship research in a pioneering, provocative and participative way : on the work of Bengt Johannisson
Journal
Small Business Economics
ISSN
0921-898X
ISSN-Digital
1573-0913
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-02
Author(s)
Abstract
Bengt Johannisson received the International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research in 2008. In this essay we present and evaluate his work over the last four decades in three of its dimensions: pioneering, provocative and participative. While his research interests and themes range widely, early on he resisted the individualization of entrepreneurship studies and instead emphasized that entrepreneurship is a social practice that must be contextualized, localized and situated. In so doing, he uses such concepts as networks, industrial districts, regions and local communities. Making interpretive studies possible in a European context, his conceptual and methodological approach documents how future studies of entrepreneurship can be enacted as a reflexive, participative practice where methods of research, intervention and debate become blurred.
Language
English
Keywords
Interpretive turn - Organizing - Enactive research - Networking - Regional development - Curiosity
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Springer Science
Publisher place
Dordrecht
Volume
36
Number
2
Start page
123
End page
134
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
62365