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What makes entrepreneurship research actionable? For business world, university leaders and public policymakers?
Complementing basic research with applied research.
Being conscious of real life and real life problems of entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship only occurs when someone takes action, i.e., launch a new business venture. Hence, it would be appropriate for researchers to study this action or the 'process' of entrepreneurship instead of simply focusing on some entrepreneurs or some new ventures. This has been identified in the literature by Bird (1989) and there is a whole volume edited by Andrew Corbett and Jerome Katz on entrepreneurial action. See the references below:
(a) Bird, B. J. (1989) Entrepreneurial Behavior. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.
(b) Corbett, A. C. and Katz, J. A. (Eds) (2012) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, Volume 14: Entrepreneurial Action. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
(c) Lerner, D. A., Hunt, R. A. and Dimov, D. (2018) 'Action! Moving beyond the intendedly-rational logics of entrepreneurship', Journal of Business Venturing 33(1): 52-69.
(d) Kim, P. H. (2015) 'Action and process, vision and values: Entrepreneurship means something different to everyone' in T. Baker and F. Welter (eds) The Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship, pp. 59-74. New York: Routledge.
(e) Vissa, B. (2012) 'Agency in action: Entrepreneurs' networking style and initiation of economic exchange ', Organization Science 23(2): 492-510.
Focus on real life problem and implementation for new business venture
By making the research to be actual problems-solving, not just leaving it on the shelf in the library but taking it to the actual concerned people to understand, buy into the recommendations and implement it.
Research on entrepreneurship is necessary because their results are used in the process of teaching entrepreneurship in schools and universities.
I think that entrepreneurship research is actionable due to its multidisciplinary approach and many relations in completely new approaches, related to the new theories - for example green economy or sustainable development:
Conference Paper Green Entrepreneurship in Chosen EU Countries
Article Future Entrepreneurs’ Expectations Based on the Example of W...
Entrepreneurship is concerned to mission positive to solve problem of society. So identifying problem and proposing solution is action research of entrepreneur
Tangible results from entrepreneurs and new businesses generate new business.
If you’re planning on becoming an entrepreneur, or if you’ve just entered the world of business ownership, learn these five skills as early as possible:
Research ,Focus,Cash managment,communication,learning
Results of entrepreneurship research can be implemented above all if the approach of action research is pursued. In my opinion, feasibility in the field of entrepreneurship requires a focus on regional networks made up of the stakeholders you name (which could, for example, lead to the use of the Actor Network Theory). In Germany, numerous projects are currently being carried out to form regional entrepreneurship clusters, the core of which is made up of local universities. One of the essential factors for practical success is likely to be the use of regional characteristics or even unique selling propositions (like infrastructure, labour potential, research institutions, cooperation with the regional economy, etc.).
As an academic and entrepreneur (I co-founded a new venture last fall), I'm finding the big key is accessibility. Entrepreneurs often are hungry for new information that will help them build and sustain new ventures, but our research can be pretty esoteric sometimes and inaccessible. Lots of theory. I would encourage scholars to publish their work in research journals, but also attempt to translate the results into bridge journals that can be read by entrepreneurs and internalized (e.g., Sloan Management Review, Business Horizons, California Management Review). Also, we tend to focus a bit narrowly, while most folks are looking for "big picture" competitive drivers.
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