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| Author: | Grant, P. Perren, L. |
| Title: | Small Business and Entrepreneurial Research Meta-theories, Paradigms and Prejudices |
| Journal: | International Small Business Journal
2002 : MAY, VOL. 20:2, p. 185-212 |
| Index terms: | SMALL BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY REVIEWS ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article will address the gap by employing Burrell and Morgan's paradigmatic taxonomy to conduct a systematic meta-theoretical analysis of articles published in the year 2000 by leading authors in key small business and entrepreneurial journals. The analysis shows a dominance of the functionalist paradigm that pervades the elite discourse of research in leading journals and acts as a potential barrier to other perspectives. Whether a Hegelian or Kuhnian perspective on knowledge production is taken, it is clear that the health and future development of research in this area requires a broadening of perspectives to enable debate, friction, creativity and ultimately new theories and understandings. |
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