NSCPHD1198 Scholarship and diverse approaches: Methodological implications for the field of Entrepreneurship

Volume 2013/2014
Education
Applied Economics (AECON)
Content
The objective of this course is to enhance the paticipants' capacity to design and implementhigh-quality entrepreneurship research projects. The course is to introduce graduate students to fundamental methodological questions and theoretical approaches in the sudy of entrepreneurship. The readings are organized to focus on methodological issues related to both entrepreneurship research and, more generally, to management scholarship. These same concepts sometimes becomes the terrain for intellectual border skermishes between fields, disciplines and theoretical frameworks. In addition to theortical readings, the course is sprinkled with empirical matierial that illustrate theoretical developments.

We will loop through the course material via lectures and discussions of individual students manusripts. Participants are expected to have read Van de Ven (2007) and the below mentions articles prior to the course. Course participatns will present one of their own manuscript drafts or a research proposal and recieve feedback from two course participants and course teachers. Participants are required to submit a manuscript draft/research proposal no later than 4th August 2013. Each participant is expected to give peer-feedback on two other participant's manuscripts.

Learning Outcome
As we progress through the course presentations and discussions, we will attempt to accomplish three objectives with respect to the study of entrepreneurship:
(1) to develop a critical appreciation of the central theoretical questions, themes and debates in the literature;
* examining the field of entrepreneurship and approaches from other disciplines
* constrasting 'casual' versus 'effectual' entrepreneurship
* contrsating 'discovery' versus 'creation' entrepreneurship
(2) to facilitate your development of questions and themes on which you can do original research;
* developing a 'good' research question
* operationalizing yor research question; methods and apporaches
* constructing your argument, and disseminating your ideas
(3) to acquaint you with multiple levels of analysis and methods for empirical research in the area;
* examining 'process models' of research
* longitudinal approaches to entrepreneurship scholarship
* examining the importance of replication and extension in research
* understanding the importance of ethical scholarship.

The course does not presume specialized background in entrepreneurship, but does presume a basic knowledge of research methods, in particilar, statisical.
Literature
Van de Ven, A.H. (2007): Engaged scholarship: Creating knowledge for science and practise. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

In addition a number of articles will be specified
The course is organized as a residental course (internat)
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 15
  • Practical Training
  • 15
  • Preparation
  • 100
  • Total
  • 130
Credit
4 ECTS
Type of assessment
Course participation
Oral feedback on manuscript and research proposals
Aid
Without aids
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship