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The rigour-relevance debate : strategies to avoid creating an ivory tower in entrepreneurship research1

Landström, Hans LU (2019) p.18-28
Abstract

Traditionally entrepreneurship and small business research has been regarded as a practical and relevant research field, providing knowledge to be used to solve various societal problems. As the field is becoming more and more institutionalized in the academic system, scientific rigour in research has been emphasized at the expense of relevance. In the chapter the authors strives to show that producing research with practical relevance does not conflict with the production of scientifically rigorous research. On the contrary, it is important that the implications formulated for external stakeholders are well rooted in rigorous scientific research.

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Rigour and Relevance in Entrepreneurship Research, Resources and Outcomes Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research
editor
Laveren, Eddy ; Blackburn, Robert ; Hytti, Ulla and Landström, Hans
pages
11 pages
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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  • scopus:85136618257
ISBN
9781789903973
9781789903980
DOI
10.4337/9781789903980.00009
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English
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  booktitle    = {{Rigour and Relevance in Entrepreneurship Research, Resources and Outcomes Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research}},
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