-taking. Design/methodology/approach – To establish that a realist perspective can help theorise entrepreneurship, the authors look … through a modern day risk and uncertainty optic at the hidden mechanisms within the social world where enterprises operate …. Looking from this unique standpoint, where the long established social theory is reinvigorated by contemporary risk philosophy …

implications – Is entrepreneurship really a source of information in the general representations of what it is to be an … discrepancy between entrepreneurship theory and popular representations, especially in the movies, one may be able to grasp some … of the reasons why entrepreneurship needs more in-depth analysis of actors' representations in relation to the image of …

Purpose Uncertainty, a state of unknowing linked to threats and opportunities, is a key characteristic of megaprojects … private sector adds an extra layer of complexity and uncertainty to megaproject planning. In this context, only a few studies … have focussed on governing and the mobilization of uncertainty arguments in communication between government actors and …

uncertainty and decision-making. Design/methodology/approach The author uses textual case studies to examine uncertainty and … approaches to uncertainty are often systems oriented; cognitive approaches are often user-oriented; collectivist approaches are … specific research topic has yet to be conducted. Each paradigm uniquely shapes the ways in which uncertainty and decision …

conditions, such as those of entrepreneurship. The model aims to build an exceptional ethical heuristic employable by …

Innovativeness explained the design of the IM instrument. For this study, some 300 entrepreneurs were given the IM assessment and …, demonstrates the utility of the IM assessment as a research instrument and provides a tool that entrepreneurs and investors can use …

investigate parents' choices and representations concerning plurilingualism and plurilingual education. The results indicate that …