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Reinventing Entrepreneurial History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2018

R. Daniel Wadhwani  and
Christina Lubinski
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Abstract

Research on entrepreneurship remains fragmented in business history. A lack of conceptual clarity inhibits comparisons between studies and dialogue among scholars. To address these issues, we propose to reinvent entrepreneurial history as a research field. We define “new entrepreneurial history” as the study of the creative processes that propel economic change. Rather than putting actors, hierarchies, or institutions at the center of the analysis, we focus explicitly on three distinct entrepreneurial processes as primary objects of study: envisioning and valuing opportunities, allocating and reconfiguring resources, and legitimizing novelty. The article elaborates on the historiography, premises, and potential contributions of new entrepreneurial history.

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entrepreneurshipentrepreneurial processeshistorytheorytemporalityuncertaintyagencyopportunityresourceslegitimation
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Research Article
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Business History Review , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , Winter 2017 , pp. 767 - 799
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2018 

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