From inventory to insight: Reimagining reviews for JBVI

Abstract

While literature reviews are essential for organizing knowledge, conventional formats often lag behind the fast-moving debates in entrepreneurship research. Too often descriptive, cautious and lengthy, such reviews rarely spark the conceptual or practical innovation needed in dynamic fields. At the Journal of Business Venturing Insights (JBVI), we will open a space for reimagining the review genre, shifting from inventory to insight. To this end, we introduce four new review formats: critical insight review, underexplored intersections, rapid scoping synthesis, and provocative reviews. These are designed to provoke dialogue, challenge assumptions, and illuminate emerging debates. In doing so, we align JBVI with a broader movement across the social sciences toward agile, forward-looking scholarship where reviews function as intellectual activators rather than static summaries.