Entrepreneurship as an academic field: taking stock and new directions
Author(s)
Bacq, Sophie
Guerrero, Maribel
Siegel, Donald
Pinto, Jonathan
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Entrepreneurship has emerged as a vibrant and dynamic field of academic inquiry, capturing the attention of scholars in management and other social science and engineering disciplines. Its significance extends beyond academia to policymakers and practitioners, who recognize entrepreneurship's crucial role in economic development, innovation and societal progress. This introductory study to the special issue summarizes the four papers in the special issue, takes stock of entrepreneurship as a maturing academic field and charts new directions for future research. We also demonstrate how each of the papers is located at the crossroads or intersection of multiple logics and/or disciplines and/or contexts (e.g., geography) and the interaction of these dimensions. Finally, we highlight the dynamic nature of entrepreneurship as an academic field.
Date Issued
2025-10-01
Date Acceptance
2025-07-08
Citation
International Journal of Management Reviews, 2025, 27 (4), pp.457-465
ISSN
1460-8545
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
457
End Page
465
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Management Reviews
Volume
27
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). International Journal of Management Reviews published by British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
Business
Business & Economics
CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EMERGENCE
EPISTEMOLOGY
INNOVATION
Management
OPPORTUNITIES
PARADOX
PROMISE
PUBLIC SCIENCE
Social Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2025-07-18