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Researchers and Entrepreneurs Need Each Other

EDITOR’S NOTE: Will Harvey is a Professor of Leadership at Melbourne Business School and is currently the Director of the school's Social Purpose Centre . He is also an International Research Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: William Harvey

Professors and Experts: Would You Like Your Articles to be Read?

About half of articles written by academics are never cited. That's because they are dry, difficult to understand and of interest only to other academics. An old joke says that if a doctoral student Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Catherine Buday and James C Wetherbe

Studying Entrepreneurship With Mixed Methods

Broadly speaking, entrepreneurship researchers have primarily collected and analyzed data that are either “quantitative” (i.e., based on numbers/figures) or “qualitative” (i.e., based on Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Ludvig Levasseur

Exploring New Opportunities for Meaningful Research

After years of being focused on theory, entrepreneurship research is broadening its scope to helping entrepreneurs solve day-to-day problems. In this video, Dr. Carla Pavone reflects on the evolving Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Carla Pavone

Why Entrepreneurship Research Needs to Catch Up With Entrepreneurs

Startup practices have evolved faster than some academic theories. Researchers can learn by examining how today’s entrepreneurs actually build and fund companies. Consider that only as far back as Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Authors: Gary Dushnitsky and Sharon Matusik

What It Takes to Commercialize Scientific Research

Commercializing scientific research requires bridging very different academic and business worlds. Research highlights the biggest challenges and how to address them. Many of today’s best Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Riccardo Fini , Einar Rasmussen , Johan Wiklund and Mike Wright

Why Entrepreneurship Schools Should Make Better Use of Adjunct Professors

Adjunct professors often bring deep startup and investing experience. Integrating them more closely can improve teaching, research and connections to practice. EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Blank, who has Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Steve Blank

Closing the Gap Between Entrepreneurship Research and Real-World Practice

EIX explores how scholars, entrepreneurs and universities can work together to produce research that addresses real business problems. Entrepreneurs often perceive a gap between research conducted in Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Business Research Should Start With the Problems Executives Need Solved

Researchers can produce more valuable insights by first understanding the real problems facing executives, entrepreneurs and business owners. Editor’s Note: Charles Dhanaraj is the Founding Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Charles Dhanaraj

How Business Schools Can Make Their Research More Useful to Companies

Too much academic research never reaches executives. Charles Dhanaraj explains how closer collaboration can make business scholarship more useful and influential. Charles Dhanaraj is the Executive Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt