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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824793103321

Titolo

Celebrating entrepreneurial and small firm research : embracing qualitative research philosophies and methods / / guest editors, David Higgins, Kiran Trehan and Pauric McGowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England] : , : Emerald, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78560-183-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, , 1355-2554 ; ; Volume 21, Number 3

Disciplina

302.3501

Soggetti

Organizational sociology - Research - Methodology

Entrepreneurship

Qualitative research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial advisory and review board; Guest editorial; A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013; A holistic social constructionist perspective to enterprise education; Entrepreneurial social capital research: resolving the structure and agency dualism; Developing qualitative research streams relating to illegal rural enterprise; Case sensitive? A review of the literature on the use of case method in entrepreneurship research; The reflexive case study method:a practice approach to SME globalization

Biographical research as a methodology for understanding entrepreneurial marketing Stick or twist? The practice of undertaking life story interviews in-the-moment; Between cognition and discourse: phenomenology and the study of entrepreneurship; How not to do it!! A salutary lesson on longitudinal and qualitative research approaches for entrepreneurship researchers; Book reviews

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book serves as a timely point to reflect upon, critique and debate the skills and knowledge which are required by researchers to develop meaningful, informative and trust-worthy qualitative research. The editors promote social inquiry as a means of exploring and understanding the subjective nature of what one can term ""lived



experience"" from the perspective of those who have experienced, seeking to make sense of the explanations and meanings which individuals assign to their experiences. While such a tradition has existed for many years in the social sciences, its use and adoption in