Agency in entrepreneurship: preparing entrepreneurship theory for another view of context

A Theory of Political Entrepreneurship

This paper adapts the entrepreneurial theory developed by Richard Cantillon, Frank Knight, and Ludwig von Mises to the theory of “political entrepreneurship.” Political entrepreneurship is an outgrowth of the theory of the market entrepreneur, and derives from extending entrepreneurial theory from the market into the political sphere of action. By applying the theory of the entrepreneur to poli...

Entrepreneurship in Strategic Management Theory

A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship

Policy interest since the early 1980s has focused in different ways on the creation of a large, productive, taxable economy – in which entrepreneurship plays a role for employment, income growth and innovation. The current understanding of various forms of entrepreneurship remains incomplete, focusing largely on productive and unproductive entrepreneurship. However, destructive entrepreneurship...

A subjectivist theory of entrepreneurship

The current neoclassical synthesis of economic theory does not contain a role for the entrepreneur and entrepreneurial activity. In this paper we argue that such a role can be reintroduced into the economic foundations of strategy by adopting a subjectivist theory of entrepreneurship. A subjectivist theory focuses on individuals (subjects), on their knowledge, capabilities, and resources, and o...

Towards an 'Integral' View of Entrepreneurship*

Anecdotal evidence collected from speaking with Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation students who undertake subjects within the Master of Strategic Foresight program at Swinburne University suggests that Futures Studies as a domain of activity has something to offer entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial action. Direct experience in the classroom has shown us that a foresight perspective can be...