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Colin Donaldson
Entrepreneurial Intentions: A process perspective
Entrepreneurship research heavily populates many of the leading business and management journals of contemporary times. It´s expansive utility however is not bound by any one particular area, evidenced by the prominence of coverage in a wide-array of multi-disciplinary domains spanning from psychology and sociology to medicine and politics. Attention is fueled by a commonly held belief that multi-faceted complex issues such as, market, economic and social dynamism can all be addressed through individuals both thinking and acting entrepreneurially. It is by means of entrepreneurship that plausible and effective solutions can be uncovered towards economic necessities whilst concomitantly at a…
Entrepreneurial Intentions: Moving the Field Forwards
The purpose of this article is to articulate reasoning as to why there is a pressing need for a contextually based temporal approach towards the study of entrepreneurial intentions. Having done so, a potential means by which this can be achieved is put forth through assuming a socially situated perspective that links intentions, the entrepreneurial process of new venture creation, and a model of action abstractness. A conceptual model is proposed taking into consideration the entrepreneurial intention domain ‘as is’, ‘as should be’ and ‘as could be’. Value of current practice is assessed and challenged in a bid to stimulate new thinking in the area. The dynamic model provided contributes t…
New venture creation : a systematic review of associated literature
RESUMEN La creación de nuevas empresas es una faceta integral del emprendimiento y, como consecuencia, ha sido objeto de una mayor atención de investigación dentro de la literatura existente. Aunque se ha ganado impulso en busca de explicar este fenómeno amplio y diverso, existe un gran potencial para ampliar nuestra comprensión. El progreso en la expansión del conocimiento será más efectivo si somos capaces de construir de manera constructiva a partir de focos comunes explícitamente reconocidos que puedan servir como base para una contribución cooperativa. El presente artículo busca proporcionar una visión general temática actualizada a través de medios sistemáticos de los principales inte…