Metaphors are powerful tools for sensemaking, sensegiving and theory development, but they are often concealed in academic writing. This paper uncovers two metaphors underlying entrepreneurship discourse and research – elixir and mutagen. The elixir metaphor is uncovered by examining critiques of entrepreneurship research and serves as a compact description of problematic aspects entrepreneursh...

this paper tries to measure and analyze the trend of indicators of labor and capital productivity as well as total factor productivity (tfp) in the economic sectors introduced in the 4th five-year-development plan for the period within 1971-2003. according to the results, the productivity indicator throughout iran has increased 0/9% on average annually and the highest growth has been in the tel...

Introduction It is hard enough to build a strong entrepreneurship program within a school of business. For a quarter of a century those who pursued such programs have faced questions about legitimacy. Is the field of entrepreneurship a unique domain of teaching and research ( Shane and Venkataraman, 2000; Busenitz et al., 2003)? Are the rigor, methods and cumulative nature of entrepreneurship r...

purpose: the purpose of this research is to identify and validate indicators used to evaluate research productivity of iran universities based on view of research assistants and managers of universities across the country.methodology: in other to achieve this aim documentary method and survey method were applied to identification and validation of these indicators respectively.. sample of this ...

entrepreneurship willingness that is one of the main preconditions of entrepreneurship behavior is influenced by psychological factors. accordingly, the main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between problem solving styles and entrepreneurship willingness among agricultural and natural resource students, in university of zabol. the statistical population consisted of 3000 ag...

the purpose of this research is to determine indicators for innovation survey in the field of biotechnology in iran. in order to achieve this goal, theoretical basics on innovation survey are required to be studied to reach the needed indicators. finally, with a view to the advantages and weaknesses of the innovation survey procedures and also on the basis of a comparative study in the approach...

Review studies on academic research assessment comprising: the counting of publication output, citation counts, weighting publications, peer ratings, recognition and multiple indicators. Also describes institutional correlates of publication productivity such as funding, library resources and electronic support. Studies on other correlates such as collaboration, information use and disseminatio...

This study aimed at explaining the effective indicators on human resource productivity for organizational excellence with an emphasis quality and entrepreneurship. It is mixed research descriptive-survey. The statistical population compiling management specialists of employees Kerman organizations evaluation. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling exploratory factor analysis. Res...

stability and survival of rural communities for the residents without productive and profitable engagement is impossible. in this context the emergence of rural entrepreneurship is inevitable. today, one of the most important strategies for rural development is attention to the entrepreneurial spirit among the villagers and farmers. thus entrepreneurship can improve quality of life, make better...

The area of Social entrepreneurship has become an important issue of contemporary relevance in academic literature and research. The paper puts forward a view of social entrepreneurship as a process that brings social change or addresses important social needs. Social entrepreneurship is seen as differing form other forms of enterprise where a high priority is given to promote social value and ...