ENTREPRENEURSHIP: IN BETWEEN WHAT? ON THE "FRONTIER" AS A DISCOURSE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH.

Abstract

This article discusses the frontiers of entrepreneurship research. Creating intensity is not only a matter of connecting into focused and dialogical communities working around specific themes but also of enacting research of entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial ways. Rather than limiting, it means to create bolder approaches. Studying cities is a very different object for entrepreneurial scholars than the traditional entrepreneurial company. It is the creative swarm where innovation can emerge everywhere. From the country painters of Renaissance Florence, or the Jewish intellectuals of Vienna in 1900 to the garage technicians of Detroit, urban creativity has come from the outsiders. Entrepreneurship becomes a study of alternative geographies of how cities, regions and everyday life become sited and spatialized. Intervening is oriented upon research activities that make a difference in one or several communities and that is oriented on how the concept of entrepreneurship is used. Pausing is an activity of the middle par excellence, a paradoxical way to create new lines of flight. One should not underestimate how the establishment of communication channels influences the specific way in which a field by delineating itself acts as a border controlling mechanism.

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