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Entrepreneurial capabilities

Is entrepreneurship action research in disguise?

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The aim of this article is to analyse entrepreneurship from an action research perspective. What is entrepreneurship about? Which are the fundamental capabilities and processes of entrepreneurship? To answer these questions the article includes a case study of a Danish entrepreneur and his networks. Finally, the article discusses how more long term action research methods could be integrated into the entrepreneurial processes and the possible impacts of such an implementation.

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  1. Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, The Technical University of Denmark, Building 303, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

    Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen & Thorkild Nielsen

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Rasmussen, L.B., Nielsen, T. Entrepreneurial capabilities. AI & Soc 18, 100–112 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-003-0270-1

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