A New Methodological Frontier in Entrepreneurship Research: Big Data Studies

The emergence of “big data” and related analytic techniques are creating opportunities to advance empirical entrepreneurship theory and practice. This editorial focuses on the implications for the design and execution of empirical studies. It offers guidance on how to navigate related methodological...

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Published inEntrepreneurship theory and practice Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 843 - 854
Main Authors Schwab, Andreas, Zhang, Zhu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Big Data
Entrepreneurship
Professional associations
Teachers
research methods
big data
quantitative methodologies
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Summary:The emergence of “big data” and related analytic techniques are creating opportunities to advance empirical entrepreneurship theory and practice. This editorial focuses on the implications for the design and execution of empirical studies. It offers guidance on how to navigate related methodological challenges and outlines what editors, professional associations, research-method teachers, and administrators can do to enable high-quality big data research.
ISSN:1042-2587
1540-6520
DOI:10.1177/1042258718760841