Six memos for a curious and imaginative future scholarship in entrepreneurship studies
Journal
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
ISSN
0898-5626
ISSN-Digital
1464-5114
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-01
Author(s)
Abstract
In this introductory article, we explain the purpose of this special issue that is set up as a Festschrift in honour of the (editorial) work of Bengt Johannisson. Inspired by Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millennium, the special issue is structured along six essays that are both commemorative and affirmative, that is we use the work of Johannisson to explore fresh waters and invent new practices of performing scholarship in entrepreneurship studies. In the special issue, six practices are proposed that keep entrepreneurship studies imaginative: othering words and concepts, exploring boundaries, affecting community scholarship and entrepreneurship education, contextualizing through participation and reconceptualizing method. In the conclusion, we emphasize for the future the importance of a curious and imaginative scholarship in entrepreneurship, a utopian movement that attracts investment of intensity and mobilizes the idiosyncrasies of the multiple
Language
English
Keywords
entrepreneurship
imagination
curiosity
affect
provocation
Johannisson
Calvino
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher place
London UK
Volume
23
Number
1-2: Special Issue: A Festschrift for Bengt Johannisson
Start page
1
End page
7
Pages
7
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
86917