Entrepreneurship is a fundamental phenomenon in society around the world, but empirical work to improve its understanding has struggled to gain legitimacy. This article examines the challenge of establishing the field of research by comparing six recent studies on entrepreneurship research...

Social ventures balance the economic and social dimensions of value creation to alleviate the problems created by shared collective issues.While much is known about economic value creation in conventional firms, little empirical work has focused on social ventures. As the number of social...

If entrepreneurs are constrained and shaped by existing institutions, how? If entrepreneurs products and services, how can institutions remain unchanged? This paper explores this theoretical conundrum empirically through the examination of the actions of entrepreneur Lowell Wakefield. Contrary...

Entrepreneurship is a critical driver of economic health, industrial rejuvenation, social change, and technological progress. In an attempt to determine how to best support such an important component of society, researchers and practitioners alike continue to ask why some countries, regions,...

Social entrepreneurship increasingly garners interest from both the public and academics. Social entrepreneurs have been characterized as being at 'the vanguard (of the) worldwide transformation to improve the quality of life and standard of living around the world,'. Research to understand...

Internet-based collaboration technologies provide organizations new and valuable tools to engage online communities in innovation. We argue that effectively leveraging internet-based collaboration technologies and online communities for product innovation requires careful consideration of a...

Many organizations struggle to reduce commitment to failing endeavors. While such de-escalation mechanisms have been documented and tested in information technology, accounting, psychology, and organizational behavior, little work has addressed de-escalation in innovation. This study identifies...