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A Call for Research on the Scaling of Organizations and the Scaling of Social Impact
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Although scaling is a “hot topic” in the practitioner literature, it has largely been ignored (at least explicitly) in the academic literature. This editorial highlights the importance of organizational scaling, which we define as “spreading excellence within an organization as it grows.” Specifically, the entrepreneurship field would benefit greatly from future studies that explain how knowledge management facilitates scaling; how scaling is influenced by founder replacement; and how current scaling influences the drivers of subsequent scaling. We eventually link the scaling of organizations to the scaling of social impact.
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More recently, there has been a further shift from productive entrepreneurship to so-called social entrepreneurship, explicitly recognizing the wider effects of entrepreneurship beyond narrow economic terms.
“More recently, there has been a further shift from productive entrepreneurship to so- called social entrepreneurship ( Harms & Groen, 2017 ; Thompson et al., 2018 ), explicitly recognizing the wider effects of entrepreneurship beyond narrow economic terms (cf. Shepherd & Patzelt, 2020).”
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Wurth, B., Stam, E., & Spigel, B. (2022) · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · doi:10.1177/1042258721998948 · Cited by 789
“More recently, there has been a further shift from productive entrepreneurship to so-called social entrepreneurship ( Harms & Groen, 2017 ; Thompson et al., 2018 ), explicitly recognizing the wider effects of entrepreneurship beyond narrow economic terms (cf. Shepherd & Patzelt, 2020).”
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- Authors
- Shepherd, D. A., & Patzelt, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Patzelt, Holger
- Venue
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-09-03
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 255-268
- ISSN
- 1042-2587 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6520
- OpenAlex
- W3083588074
- Cited by
- 145
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Community Development and Social Impact
- Keywords
- organizational scaling, knowledge management, organizational growth, entrepreneurship research agenda
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