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On the misuse of realism in the study of entrepreneurship

On the misuse of realism in the study of entrepreneurship
On the misuse of realism in the study of entrepreneurship
The AMR Decade Award for Shane and Venkataraman's (2000) “The Promise of Entrepreneurship As a Field of Research” recently stimulated a number of commentaries around the burning issue of “entrepreneurial opportunities” (Eckhardt & Shane, 2013; Shane, 2012; Venkataraman, Sarasvathy, Dew, & Forster, 2012). Among them, Alvarez and Barney (2013) extend their earlier analyses on the philosophical foundations of entrepreneurial opportunities (Alvarez & Barney, 2007, 2010) to critique the “critical realist” underpinnings of the discovery approach to entrepreneurship1 because of critical realism's alleged unsuitability for understanding the nature of opportunities. Our intention here is to explain why germane conceptions of critical realism are grounded on a misreading of realist philosophy of science that, as a matter of fact, subverts the very raison-d'être of realism2 and perpetuates popular misunderstandings.
0363-7425
463-465
Ramoglou, Stratos
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Ramoglou, Stratos
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Ramoglou, Stratos (2013) On the misuse of realism in the study of entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Review, 38 (3), 463-465. (doi:10.5465/amr.2012.0371).

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The AMR Decade Award for Shane and Venkataraman's (2000) “The Promise of Entrepreneurship As a Field of Research” recently stimulated a number of commentaries around the burning issue of “entrepreneurial opportunities” (Eckhardt & Shane, 2013; Shane, 2012; Venkataraman, Sarasvathy, Dew, & Forster, 2012). Among them, Alvarez and Barney (2013) extend their earlier analyses on the philosophical foundations of entrepreneurial opportunities (Alvarez & Barney, 2007, 2010) to critique the “critical realist” underpinnings of the discovery approach to entrepreneurship1 because of critical realism's alleged unsuitability for understanding the nature of opportunities. Our intention here is to explain why germane conceptions of critical realism are grounded on a misreading of realist philosophy of science that, as a matter of fact, subverts the very raison-d'être of realism2 and perpetuates popular misunderstandings.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 30 November 2012
Published date: 1 July 2013
Organisations: Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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Local EPrints ID: 357461
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357461
ISSN: 0363-7425
PURE UUID: 297dadf1-2977-41eb-bb27-9bd1dc520084
ORCID for Stratos Ramoglou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-5525

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:48

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