... network structure, constraint-order and human agency as a dynamic system. Design/methodology/approach – The ontological and epistemological assumptions, and associated strengths and weaknesses of objectivist (positivist-realist, structuralist) and subjectivist (social constructionist...

.... Furthermore, ingrained epistemological gendered biases persist which portray women as flawed entrepreneurs despite the absence of convincing data regarding essential gendered differences between the performance of male and female entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications The paper suggests that far...

... that emerging fields like entrepreneurship must discuss and define their ontological and epistemological positions – without offering any clear definitions themselves. In their critique of the field, Dery and Toulouse (1996) claim that new research results on entrepreneurship are often judged in relation...