... such components can better support the growth, sustainability and success of student start-ups. The authors extend entrepreneurship research on social construction using narrative research. The findings provide guidelines for researchers, entrepreneurship scholars and educators, entrepreneurship students...

... generations in five family businesses. It explores the nature and extent of entrepreneurial learning in the context of a family business. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Entrepreneurialism Workplace learning Employee participation Narratives Family firms However, much...

.../methodology/approach The article includes a brief critical review of the theoretical literature in the areas of entrepreneurship and learning. Thematic discourse analysis is used to interpret the life story narratives of three entrepreneurs in the creative industries. Material from their learning experiences...

... new ventures; and managing growing businesses. Entrepreneurialism Learning Narratives Practitioners accounts can be interpreted using the proposed framework to create pragmatic and theoretical understanding of entrepreneurial working. There is educational potential in using...

... attainment in running business ventures. In‐depth interviews explored their stories of the learning they experienced during their careers and business ventures. From the interpretation and analysis of these narratives, a number of significant themes emerge which suggest how the respondents made sense...

...Elizabeth Barnett; John Storey Fifty managers from five highly innovative medium‐sized enterprises were interviewed in depth about their experience of innovation. In order to deepen and enrich our understanding of these experiences, respondents were asked to reconstruct their insights in narrative...