Important academic conceptual papers on entrepreneurship

Gartner W.B. (1985). A conceptual framework for describing the phenomenon of new venture creation, Academy of Management Review, vol. 10, n° 4, pp. 696-706.

Stevenson H. (1995). A Perspective on Entrepreneurship, The Entrepreneurial Venture, HBSP, USA.

Shane S. & Venkataraman S. (2000). The promise of entrepreneurship as a field of research, Academy of Management Review, vol. 25, n° 1, pp. 217-226.

Bruyat C. & Julien P.-A. (2001). Defining the field of research in entrepreneurship, Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 16, iss. 2, pp. 165-180.

Sarasvathy S.D. (2001). Causation and Effectuation: Toward a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability to Entrepreneurial Contingency, Academy of Management Review, vol. 26, n°2, pp. 243-263.

Verstraete T. & Fayolle A. (2005), Paradigmes et entrepreneuriat, Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, Vol. 4, n°1, pp33-52.

 

Selected papers on Growth

Davidsson P. (1989). Entrepreneurship and after? A study of growth willingness in small firms, Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 4, pp. 211-226.

Davidsson P. (1991). Continued Entrepreneurship: ability, need and opportunity as determinants of small firm growth, Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 6, pp. 405-429.

Delmar F., Davidsson P. & Gartner W.B. (2003). Arriving at the high-growth firm, Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 18, pp. 189-216.

Wiklund J. & Shepherd D. (2005). Entrepreneurial orientation and small business performance: a configurational approach, Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 20, pp. 71-91.

Lichtenstein B.M., Levie J. & Hay M. (2007). Stage Theory is Dead! Long Live the New Stages Theory of Organizational Change, Working paper 1017, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Biga Diambeidou M. (2008). An empirical Taxonomy of Early Growth Trajectories, Thèse, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgique.

 

Discovering Danny Miller and his contribution to the Configuration Approach

Miller D. & Mintzberg H. (1983). The Case for Configuration, Beyond Method, edited by G. Morgan, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, USA, pp. 57-73.

Miller D. (1983). The correlates of entrepreneurship in three types of firms, Management Science, vol. 29, n°7, pp. 770-791.

Miller D. (1986). Configuration of Strategy & Structure: Towards a Synthesis. Strategic Management Journal, vol. 7, n°3, pp. 233-249.

Miller D. (1987).The Genesis of Configuration, Academy of Management Review, vol. 12, n° 4, pp. 686-701.

Miller D. (1996). Configurations Revisited, Strategic Management Journal, vol. 17, n°7, pp. 505-512.

Miller D. & Friesen P.H. (1978). Archetypes of strategy formulation, Management Science, vol. 24, iss. 9, pp. 921-931.

Miller D. & Friesen P.H. (1980). Momentum and revolution in organizational adaptation, Academy of Management Journal, vol. 23, iss. 4, pp. 591-614.

Miller D. & Friesen P.H. (1984a). A longitudinal study of the corporate life cycle, Management Science, vol. 30, iss. 10, pp. 1161-1178.