Shaping Entrepreneurship Research - 9781138061989

Taylor & Francis

Shaping Entrepreneurship ResearchMade, as Well as Found\nAuthor(s): Saras Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew, Sankaran Venkataraman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138061989, 978-1138061989\nSynopsis\nShaping Entrepreneurship Research: Made, as Well as Found is a collection of readings designed to support entrepreneurship research. Focused on a worldview in which the future is open-ended and shapeable through human action [url] made, this collection reframes entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial rather than as a natural or social science. It posits an open-ended universe for the making of human artifacts even if large swathes of nature and society are not within the control of the people making them.\n\nThe book explores the notion of made through 25 foundational readings classics from the history of ideas. Organized into five sections, each classic is individually introduced by the editors in one of five chap.