The constructivist view of entrepreneurial opportunities: a critical analysis

被引:20
作者
Ramoglou, Stratos [1 ]
Zyglidopoulos, Stelios C. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Fac Business & Law, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Glasgow, Adam Smith Business Sch, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
Entrepreneurial opportunities; Austrian economics; Philosophy of the social sciences; Constructivist ontology; Conceptual analysis; 2010 AMR DECADE; CREATION; FIELD; DISCOVERY; PROMISE; EPISTEMOLOGY; REFLECTIONS; ECONOMICS; REALISM; SHANE;
D O I
10.1007/s11187-014-9590-4
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The notion that opportunities exist objectively "out there" has been repeatedly assaulted by scholars who counter that opportunities are subjectively constructed or created. This paper intends to restore the balance by bringing the critical strands of inquiry themselves under critical scrutiny. Beyond the formulation of some original lines of critique and the drawing of attention to some foundational yet insufficiently studied issues, this article further contributes the following: (1) it juxtaposes a taxonomical ordering of constructivist approaches; (2) it identifies angles of complementarity and contradiction with the objectivist perspective; and (3) it brings subtle conceptual distinctions into prominence.
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页码:71 / 78
页数:8
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