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Who is a ‘non-entrepreneur’? Taking the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship seriously

Who is a ‘non-entrepreneur’? Taking the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship seriously
Who is a ‘non-entrepreneur’? Taking the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship seriously
In response to the absence of entrepreneurial action on behalf of non-actors, micro-oriented scholars typically tend to refuse to allocate entrepreneurial capacities to the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship. However, in contesting this explanatory practice, macro-oriented scholars counter that ‘others’ do not lack power but opportunity. This article suggests how recurrent dualisms may be fruitfully surpassed within a conceptual framework that accommodates the ontological intuitions of both theorizing tendencies. Guarding against the temptation to deny the existence of either unexercised powers or unexploited opportunities not only allows us to resist the seduction of dualisms, but also allows for the emergence of an expanded worldview that enables a more dynamic conceptualization of the entrepreneurship phenomenon. The analysis closes by recommending directions for meta-theoretical research aiming at the identification of factors that may be hindering entrepreneurship scholarship from cognizance of realist (and realistic) insights.
economic methodology, entrepreneurial opportunities, fallacy of voluntarism, gartner, non-entrepreneur, ontology, rationality under uncertainty, realism
0266-2426
432-453
Ramoglou, Stratos
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Ramoglou, Stratos
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Ramoglou, Stratos (2013) Who is a ‘non-entrepreneur’? Taking the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship seriously. International Small Business Journal, 31 (4), 432-453. (doi:10.1177/0266242611425838).

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Abstract

In response to the absence of entrepreneurial action on behalf of non-actors, micro-oriented scholars typically tend to refuse to allocate entrepreneurial capacities to the ‘others’ of entrepreneurship. However, in contesting this explanatory practice, macro-oriented scholars counter that ‘others’ do not lack power but opportunity. This article suggests how recurrent dualisms may be fruitfully surpassed within a conceptual framework that accommodates the ontological intuitions of both theorizing tendencies. Guarding against the temptation to deny the existence of either unexercised powers or unexploited opportunities not only allows us to resist the seduction of dualisms, but also allows for the emergence of an expanded worldview that enables a more dynamic conceptualization of the entrepreneurship phenomenon. The analysis closes by recommending directions for meta-theoretical research aiming at the identification of factors that may be hindering entrepreneurship scholarship from cognizance of realist (and realistic) insights.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 6 December 2011
Published date: June 2013
Keywords: economic methodology, entrepreneurial opportunities, fallacy of voluntarism, gartner, non-entrepreneur, ontology, rationality under uncertainty, realism
Organisations: Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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Local EPrints ID: 357460
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357460
ISSN: 0266-2426
PURE UUID: 6852501f-de7c-496e-b21c-52a5137154de
ORCID for Stratos Ramoglou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-5525

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Date deposited: 03 Oct 2013 15:45
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:48

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