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Sector-Based Entrepreneurial Capabilities and the Promise of Sector Studies in Entrepreneurship

Authors :
Alfredo Vittorio De Massis
Josip Kotlar
Franz W. Kellermanns
Mike Wright
Source :
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 42:3-23
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2017.

Abstract

The influence of the industrial sector is a long-standing assumption in entrepreneurship studies, yet the mechanisms through which the industrial sector shapes entrepreneurial phenomena and the processes through which entrepreneurial actors interact with sectors to prospect, develop, and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities remain largely under-theorized and little understood. We critically reexamine the notion of “sector” in entrepreneurship research, advancing a more dynamic view of the industrial sectors captured by the concept of sector fluidity and identifying three approaches to move the sector more prominently onto the “front seat” of entrepreneurship theory and research. Defining sector-based entrepreneurial capabilities and examining their importance to advance current understanding of industry-specific determinants, processes, and outcomes of entrepreneurship, we set out an agenda for further research aimed at advancing sector studies in entrepreneurship.

Details

ISSN :
15406520 and 10422587
Volume :
42
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3091969c69a10bcd1dc86d2c84c34458
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717740548