VSSER25 Session 1 Summary

The #VSSER25 Session 1 readings offer insights into the field of entrepreneurship from various angles. Hwang et al. (2024) critique the overemphasis on elite entrepreneurs in top management journals and advocate for more research on marginalized populations to enhance theoretical frameworks related to employment and entrepreneurship. Katz and Gartner (1988) propose four key properties—intentionality, resources, boundary, and exchange—to identify and study emerging organizations, arguing for a shift towards researching organizations-in-creation. Thurik et al. (2024) explore the growing impact of entrepreneurship research on other academic disciplines, highlighting how it provides new perspectives, challenges assumptions, and legitimizes findings across fields like psychology, health, culture, and economics. Finally, Crawford et al. (2022) discuss the importance and challenges of replication studies in advancing entrepreneurship theory, offering best practices for authors to improve the replicability of their research.