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Contextualizing the subjectivist-objectivist debate in entrepreneurship using engineering, art, craft, and bricolage

verfasst von: Reed E. Nelson, Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma, Yosem Eduardo Companys, Bryan T. Stinchfield

Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal | Ausgabe 4/2018

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The debate regarding the degree to which opportunities and resources are social constructions risks stagnation because it is difficult to argue that opportunities are either entirely constructed or entirely objective. In this paper we seek to contribute to this debate by introducing some overlooked aspects of the work of Lévi-Strauss (1962) as they relate to the discussion of entrepreneurial opportunities and resources. A categorization scheme of entrepreneurs based on Lévi-Strauss’ categories of art, craft, engineering and bricolage can be used to help differentiate the ways in which entrepreneurs view opportunities and resource acquisition, and how those views impact entrepreneurial action and ultimately entrepreneurial success. This contrasts with the more traditional entrepreneurship literature, which views opportunities as objective phenomena and opportunity identification and exploitation as completely rational.

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Titel: Contextualizing the subjectivist-objectivist debate in entrepreneurship using engineering, art, craft, and bricolage
verfasst von: Reed E. Nelson
Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma
Yosem Eduardo Companys
Bryan T. Stinchfield
Publikationsdatum: 25.08.2017
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal / Ausgabe 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1554-7191
Elektronische ISSN: 1555-1938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-017-0471-6

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