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Look Who Is Talking … and Who Is Listening: Finding an Integrative “We†Voice in Entrepreneurial Scholarship

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  • Dimo Dimov
  • Reiner Schaefer
  • Joseph Pistrui

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This paper explores the relationship between the study of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs we study. While scholars typically adopt a detached, third-person stance for the purpose of explaining and predicting entrepreneurial action, entrepreneurs instead operate in a first-person stance of deciding what to do. The two stances cannot be reduced to one another. We argue that an engaged dialog—a second-person stance—can bring scholars and entrepreneurs together into a unifying practical decision-making perspective. By working to develop this integrative voice in scholarship, we can collapse the dualism of rigor and relevance.

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  • Dimo Dimov & Reiner Schaefer & Joseph Pistrui, 2021. "Look Who Is Talking … and Who Is Listening: Finding an Integrative “We†Voice in Entrepreneurial Scholarship," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 45(5), pages 1176-1196, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:45:y:2021:i:5:p:1176-1196
    DOI: 10.1177/1042258720914507
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