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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

Today's Entrepreneurs Can Inform Tomorrow's Research

Consider that only as far back as the year 2000, starting a business meant writing a business plan, buying facilities or equipment, and courting traditional investors such as banks or venture capital Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Authors: Gary Dushnitsky and Sharon Matusik

Moving Ideas from Lab to Marketplace: A Guide to Research

Many of today’s best innovations – the ones that have created powerhouse companies and have transformed industries, regions and society itself – started as a discovery in a lab. Firms that know Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

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

Adjuncts: An Overlooked Source of Prestige

EDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Blank, who has founded or co-founded eight startups, is best known as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship and is credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, which for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Steve Blank

Producing Research Entrepreneurs Can Use

Entrepreneurs often perceive a gap between research conducted in academia, and the practical problems that they face when building companies. As recognized by the AACSB—the accrediting body for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Researchers: Are You Asking the Wrong Questions?

Editor’s Note: Charles Dhanaraj is the Founding Executive Director of the Translational Research Center at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Professor of Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Charles Dhanaraj

Driving Impactful Research: A Conversation with Charles Dhanaraj

Charles Dhanaraj is the Executive Director of the Translational Research Center at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the H. F. Lenfest Professor of Strategy. He is an expert in Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt