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Exploring Entrepreneurial Diversity: A Fascination or Frustration?

Authors : Chinthaka Aluthgama-Baduge, Duminda Rajasinghe

Published in: Strategic Innovation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter critically discusses the importance of acknowledging diversity within entrepreneurship and some strategies to facilitate the richness of the phenomenon. It helps researchers and practitioners to understand the importance and benefits of having different but equally valid world views about the phenomenon, which is vital for entrepreneurship research to progress further. We acknowledge that there are already some established arguments to support inclusiveness within the current context of entrepreneurship research. The aim here is to strengthen these arguments with a brief literature rationale, which is informed by our research experience. One of the key advantages of acknowledging heterogeneity is that it can help scholars to convert any frustrations that is caused by not having common understanding to a fascination to embrace the wholeness of the phenomenon. Our understanding of how to appreciate diversity and inclusion is limited; as a solution, we encourage critical debates among multiple actors of entrepreneurship and urge to widen research adopting more innovative and creative approaches.

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Title: Exploring Entrepreneurial Diversity: A Fascination or Frustration?
Authors: Chinthaka Aluthgama-Baduge
Duminda Rajasinghe
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Strategic Innovation
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-87111-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-87112-3

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87112-3_4