Journal of Management History—Entrepreneurship Thought and Behavior

Starts:  Nov 1, 2021 09:00 (ET)
Ends:  Dec 1, 2021 23:59 (ET)
Associated with  Entrepreneurship (ENT)
Entrepreneurship has a long, and in many cases untold, history. Its discovery from the Irish French economist Richard Cantillon as a risk bearer was written around 1730, and ever since, entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur have remained important components of numerous economic and management theories.  

The entrepreneur plays a key role in the writings of Jean-Baptist Say, John Stuart Mill, Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight, and Friedrich Hayek, yet little historical work explores this in more depth. Moreover, while the Journal of Management History has published numerous articles exploring historical facets of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship over the years (cf., Murphy et al., 2006; Murphy, 2009; Smothers et al., 2014; Prieto & Phipps, 2014; Laudone et al., 2015; Prieto et al., 2017), to date no journal has featured entrepreneurship (broadly defined) as a topic of historical study.  

Accordingly, this special issue of the Journal of Management History aims to stimulate research relating to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, and the historical foundations, assumptions, and roots of entrepreneurship theory and behavior. Themes may include, but are not limited to: 

  1. The history and evolution of entrepreneurial thought and behavior 

  1. Historical case analyses of entrepreneurs, their journeys, and their impact and influence 

  1. Role and development of entrepreneurial ecosystems over time  

  1. Evolution of entrepreneurship-relevant theories, their foundational assumptions and tenants, and how they have evolved over time (e.g., Bendickson et al., 2016) 

  1. Emergence and history of research streams within entrepreneurship (social entrepreneurship, gender and entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, technology entrepreneurship, etc.) 

  1. Historical foundations and evolution of entrepreneurial policy over time 

  1. Mass proliferation of entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs), their evolution, and impact 

  1. Integration and widespread proliferation of entrepreneurship into education over time 

  1. Historical role of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in addressing the world’s biggest challenges (cf., United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges) 

An intended outcome of this issue is to publish work that is relevant and capable of informing future entrepreneurship research and practice. Authors are encouraged to not just explore topics that are historically interesting, but also capable of having contemporary impact and meaningfulness. Accordingly, scholarship that is purely retrospective and offers little to no implications for contemporary entrepreneurship research and practice is likely not a great fit for the issue. 

Given the intentionally wide range of topics that fit within this call for papers, and the special attention the editorial team is putting on the ability of accepted papers to inform contemporary theory and practice, prospective authors are encouraged to reach out to the lead special issue editor, Jeff Muldoon (jmuldoon@emporia.edu), with any queries they may have relating to topical fit and alignment (extended abstracts are welcome for review and feedback).  
 
Key dates: 
  • Final decisions expected: May 2022 

  • Expected publication issue: 28.4, 2022 

 
Guest Editors: 
Jeff Muldoon, Emporia State University, jmuldoon@emporia.edu   
Eric Liguori, Rowan University, ericliguori@gmail.com  
Raj v. Mahto, University of New Mexico, rmahto@unm.edu   
 
References:  
Bendickson, J., Muldoon, J., Liguori, E. W., & Davis, P. E. (2016). Agency theory: background and epistemology. Journal of Management History, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 437-449. 
Murphy, P.J., Liao, J. and Welsch, H.P. (2006), "A conceptual history of entrepreneurial thought", Journal of Management History, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 12-35. 
Murphy, P.J. (2009), "Entrepreneurship theory and the poverty of historicism", Journal of Management History, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 109-133. 
Smothers, J., J. Murphy, P., M. Novicevic, M. and H. Humphreys, J. (2014), "Institutional entrepreneurship as emancipating institutional work: James Meredith and the Integrationist Movement at Ole Miss", Journal of Management History, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 114-134. 
Prieto, L.C. and T.A. Phipps, S. (2014), "Capitalism in question: Hill, Addams and Follett as early social entrepreneurship advocates", Journal of Management History, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 266-277 
Laudone, R., Liguori, E.W., Muldoon, J. and Bendickson, J. (2015), "Technology brokering in action: revolutionizing the skiing and tennis industries", Journal of Management History, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 114-134. 
Prieto, L.C., Phipps, S.T.A., Osiri, J.K. and LeCounte, J.F. (2017), "Creating an interface: Aiding entrepreneurial success via critical pedagogy and insights from African-American management history", Journal of Management History, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 489-506.