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Operationalization Issues

In: Researching Entrepreneurship

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  • Per Davidsson

    (Queensland University of Technology
    Jönköping International Business School)

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How can we measure things like “entrepreneurial self-efficacy” or “start-up success” so that we can test whether our theories hold up? This chapter starts with an extended discussion of standard issues pertaining to operationalization of theoretical constructs (levels of measurement, measurement validity, and measurement error) in an integrated and reflective fashion. After discussing different approaches to measurement (single-item vs. reflective vs. formative indices), it proceeds to discuss the balancing of generic vs. customized operationalizations as well as concrete ways to assess measurement validity. Operationalization challenges and solutions are illustrated with examples such as entrepreneurial bricolage, venture idea novelty, and entrepreneurial action.

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  • Per Davidsson, 2016. "Operationalization Issues," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Researching Entrepreneurship, edition 2, chapter 6, pages 155-193, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-26692-3_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26692-3_6
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