Entrepreneurship and Positivism

Paper Summary:

This paper explores two methodological paradigms for the study of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education - those of positivism and interpretivism. It then describes entrepreneurial education and cognition and how these are used within management and entrepreneurship. The paper concludes by explaining positivism and its context and intention within the realm of entrepreneurship.

Table of Contents:
Introduction And Overview
Research Paradigms In Management Research
Entrepreneurial Cognition And Education
Conclusion: Positivism In Context

From the Paper:

"The above discussion has enumerated many of the strengths and weaknesses of interpretivist approach to methodology. These include the subjective and relative aspects which can pose a problem, particularly with regard to the educative aspects of entrepreneurial training. Simply stated, many students do not have the experience or acumen to creatively deal with or project the more subjective components of the interpretivist approach. This would mean that the positivist and more accessible quantitative strategies as discussed above would be the more applicable methodologically and more appropriate to the entrepreneurial education environment."

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• Ackroyd, Stephen, and Steve Fleetwood, eds. Realist Perspectives on Management and Organisations. London: Routledge, 2000. Questia. 24 Mar. 2007 <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102746923>.
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