Introduction to the Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice

Abstract

Entrepreneurship as Practice has steadily gained momentum as a scholarly community over the past several years. The Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice (EaP) is a product of this momentum and collective movement towards theories of practice in entrepreneurship studies. This chapter introduces the Research Handbook by outlining the ontological and epistemological theories that constitute EaP as a distinctive theoretical framework. Subsequently, it introduces contributions by leading practice theorists and entrepreneurship scholars that push the conceptual, methodological, and empirical boundaries of EaP in new and fruitful directions. It concludes with opportunities for further development of the Entrepreneurship as Practice research community.