Lean scholarship

Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt

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Abstract

We offer lean scholarship as an approach to developing a portfolio of high-quality, high-impact papers. By lean scholarship, we refer to iterative experimentation, stakeholder engagement, and collective learning in the process of generating a portfolio of papers. Lean scholarship starts with an entrepreneurial mindset and involves creating a minimum viable paper, exploring its validity, and adding a plausible paper to one’s portfolio. Lean scholarship requires managing the portfolio by periodically deciding whether to persevere, pivot, or terminate each paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)843-863
Number of pages21
JournalSmall Business Economics
Volume60
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2023

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • High impact research
  • Lean scholarship
  • Minimum viable paper
  • Portfolio of papers

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