A Model of Entrepreneurial Capability Based on a Holistic Review of the Literature from Three Academic Domains

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 429-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single List ◽  
Serial Entrepreneurs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Capital

While there has been a noted variation in the ‘species’ of entrepreneur so that no single list of traits, characteristics or attributes is definitive, it is posited that to be an entrepreneur a certain amount of entrepreneurial capability is required. ‘Entrepreneurial capability’ is a concept developed to place some form of identity on the attributes that are needed to pursue an entrepreneurial career. The concept of entrepreneurial capability is linked to that of entrepreneurial capital, previously discussed by Erikson (2002) and Firkin (2003), but it provides greater depth and offers wider applicability. After reviewing the literature from the fields of economics, politics and the social sciences, the author proposes an ‘equation’ and a model for the factors that act as building blocks for an individual's entrepreneurial capability, which can be applied to nascent as well as experienced and serial entrepreneurs.

Toward a Unique/Useful Concept of Values for Interpersonal Behavior: A Critical Review of the Literature on Value

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph H. Kilmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Behavior

The concept of values has been defined differently within each discipline in the social sciences and many different methods have been proposed to measure individual values. For the purpose of deriving a unique concept of values it was necessary to distinguish values from other related concepts. This was accomplished by viewing values as evaluative dimensions, e.g., good-bad, desirable-undesirable, shoulds and oughts. Since the focus of this paper is not on values for values' sake, the value literature was critically examined in order to suggest the value concepts, value lists, and instrument methodologies which are expected to be useful for explaining, predicting, or changing behavior; specifically, interpersonal behavior. The paper concludes by systematically summarizing the research issues that need to be addressed, i.e., uniqueness and usefulness, if social scientists are to further substantive knowledge about values and behavior.

Modeling and Theories

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amos Golan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Model Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Validation Of Models

In this chapter I concentrate on model and theory building, including model-based hypotheses, based on limited information. I show that the info-metrics framework provides a coherent perspective that helps to identify the elements that are needed for building a logically sound model. The examples given in this chapter show how the info-metrics framework can guide the construction of both theories and models. I start the chapter by introducing conceptual building blocks and providing very simple toy examples. Then a more detailed example, taken from the social sciences, is introduced. A detailed discussion of the falsification and validation of models is also provided.

scholarly journals Immigration Research: A Conceptual Map

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Pedraza-Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Vast Territory

A veritable boom in immigration research has taken place in the last 15 years. The purpose of this article is to provide a conceptual map, a way of presenting the issues and approaches that pertain to the topic, to guide us through the vast territory immigration research now encompasses. As this boundless growth in immigration research has occurred across the social sciences, this review of the literature is not intended to be exhaustive but merely illustrative of what sociologists, historians, and anthropologists have contributed. Since America is the quintessentially immigrant society, the focus is on American immigration, but the theoretical issues this review highlights can be applied equally well to other societies with histories of immigration and racial or ethnic relations, such as Great Britain or Brazil. Increasingly, immigration research is one of the topics where sociologists and historians meet (research on revolutions is another), although they meet in much the same fashion that one sometimes arrives at a party and is much surprised to find out who else is there. Our common research interests increasingly bring us together, although not without a fair amount of surprise and trepidation.

Tourism and Postdisciplinarity: Back to the Future?

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Coles ◽  
C. Michael Hall ◽  
David Timothy Duval
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Research Investment ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Structures

This article revisits postdisciplinary approaches to the study of tourism that were first proposed around a decade ago. Specifically, it sets out to examine the extent to which such approaches have continued relevance to tourism scholarship moving forward. Basic literature searches suggest that the world has changed, yet the tourism academy has not. Traditional disciplines, especially in the social sciences, continue to be the basic building blocks of knowledge production in tourism. However, if a more sophisticated approach is taken to analysis, there is ample evidence of more reasonable, flexible approaches to inquiry about tourism—in particular in the areas of tourism mobilities and climate change. Free from disciplinary dogma and orchestration, these take as their initial cues issues, questions, or problems and how best to tackle them. Indeed, the evidence points to a future trajectory even further in this direction. Many of the major issues facing the research community are so wide in scope and complex in nature that they require academic coalitions to tackle them. Discipline-specific or discipline-exclusive approaches will not suffice on their own. More than 10 years ago, the move toward postdisciplinary modes of inquiry was argued to be inevitable, mainly from intellectual grounds. Although this rationale remains valid, the article argues that unfolding institutional structures and the organization of higher education are also far more encouraging of postdisciplinary approaches. Research investment, especially in advanced economies, is increasingly being targeted toward grand challenges and transformative research.

scholarly journals Ontology, Methodological Individualism, and the Foundations of the Social Sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 1377-1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sugden
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Methodological Individualism ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Scientific

This is a review essay based on a critical assessment of The Ant Trap: Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences by Brian Epstein. Epstein argues that models in the social sciences are inadequate because they are based on a false ontology of methodological individualism, and proposes a new model of social ontology. I examine this model and point to flaws in it. More generally, I argue against Epstein's methodological approach, which treats social ontology as prior to social scientific modeling and as certifying the “building blocks” that modelers then use. I argue that modelers can legitimately shape the building blocks for their own models. (JEL A10, B40)

scholarly journals On the Ontological Status of Mechanisms and Processes in the Social World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique Estides Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Social World ◽  
Special Science ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Charles Tilly ◽  
Difference Making ◽  
Norbert Elias ◽  
The Social

AbstractThis paper gives a philosophical outline of the importance of plausible ontologies in the social sciences and argues how mechanisms and processes should be placed as the foundation in the social world. The argumentation is mainly based on a critical appraisal of the use of mechanisms and processes in the works of Norbert Elias, Charles Tilly, and Jon Elster. I start by elaborating on how inquiries of scientific interest evolve to shed light on cases, facts and the things that constitute such facts, whilst the actual explanation demands the description of mechanisms and processes. Basically, focusing on (co)variation and difference making is not sufficient to sustain claims of ontological plausibility and reasonableness. It is thus pointed out how the practices and proceedings of the social sciences can be ontologically enhanced by embracing the complementary roles of mechanisms plus processes together with difference making, as is performed in a special science such as biology, as well as is informally but promisingly pursued in the works of the discussed social scientists. While discussing their work, it is also argued that we should differentiate between processes and mechanisms in order to formalize this approach, which highlights the role of technologies and institutions as prime building blocks for social explanation. I conclude by presenting a claim that in taking seriously that the purported relations between beings and entities need to make discursive sense and historical sense, the social sciences will increase our cognitive success about the things of the world.

scholarly journals Older Adults as Co-Creators in the Research Process: An Overview of Concepts, Methods, and Approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 388-388
Author(s):  
Anna Wanka
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Patient Involvement ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Research Domains

Abstract Participatory approaches have a long-standing tradition in the social sciences and approaches have diversified across multiple research domains. Also in ageing, there is a growing interest in involving older adults, particularly in fields like gerontechnology development, environmental gerontology or patient involvement. In this contribution, ask what participatory approaches and co-creation means in the context of ageing research. What are the benefits and challenges of involving older adults in different research domains, stages of the research process and deploying various participatory methods and approaches? To approach this question, we present preliminary results of a comprehensive scoping review of the literature and provide examples of how older adults can be involved in developing research questions together with researchers, collecting and analysing the data, as well as validating and disseminating study results.

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