Agenda

09 Apr 2025 10:00

BEH Workshop | Conceptual History in Entrepreneurship Research

Campus San Giobbe - Aula Saraceno | Online

Questo incontro è parte della serie di workshop "BEH - Business & Economic History," organizzato in collaborazione il Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Geografiche e dell'Antichità dell'Università degli Studi di Padova.

Conceptual History in Entrepreneurship Research
Con Christina Lubinski, Copenhagen Business School
In conversazione con: Camilla Ferri, Nicolai Jepsen e Morten Tinning, Copenhagen Business School

Zoom Meeting
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L'evento è rivolto a docenti, studentesse e studenti, PhD delle università di Venezia e Padova, e al pubblico interessato. 

Abstract
The paper explores the value of conceptual history for entrepreneurship research, emphasizing how concepts evolve over time and serve as both markers and makers of change. While theory-driven research typically prioritizes conceptual clarity (Suddaby, 2010), this often strips constructs of their culturally embedded meanings and ignores how they evolve with lived experiences (Hargadon & Wadhwani, 2023). Conceptual history is an approach and a method that tackles this challenge. To illustrate conceptual history empirically, the paper traces the evolution of the concept of hype. Initially used in early 20th-century criminal subcultures to distinguish themselves from mainstream respectability, hype was later adopted by mid-century countercultures and, ultimately, by late 20th-century startup culture to contrast corporate norms (Wadhwani & Lubinski, 2025). The conceptual history of hype highlights key features of the historical evolution of entrepreneurship culture, including its emphasis on revolutionary futures, rule-breaking, and deviant authenticity. By historicizing entrepreneurial concepts, this paper contributes to critiques of entrepreneurship ideology (Caliskan & Lounsbury, 2022), revealing both its productive and destructive dimensions. It underscores the importance of understanding how vernacular concepts shape entrepreneurial thought and practice.

 

Lingua

L'evento si terrà in inglese

Organizzatore

Venice School of Management

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