{"title":"Human action and human design: An Austrian approach to design science","authors":"Mark D. Packard , Per L. Bylund , Peter G. Klein","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2021.100003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2021.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As design science advances into the foreground of entrepreneurship theory, we see a meta-theoretical tension between Simon's classic exposition of design and entrepreneurship theory's foundations within the Austrian school of economics. To resolve this tension, we argue that design science is mispositioned atop the conventional positivism that Simon embraced and is much better aligned with Austrian-style subjectivism of values, knowledge, and expectations. We elaborate design themes from classical contributions to Austrian economics to lay foundations for an “Austrian” approach to design. We conclude by illustrating how design processes are foundational to Austrian market theory and the Austrian theory of the firm.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Design","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667277421000025/pdfft?md5=e830d3f0148c7198ee0a2dd0afb13bcc&pid=1-s2.0-S2667277421000025-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84497698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From “Opportunity” to Opportunity: The design space for entrepreneurial action","authors":"Dimo Dimov","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2021.100002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2021.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper leverages the distinction between “opportunity” as the content of entrepreneurial intention and opportunity as external conditions for entrepreneurial success to focus on the action space of entrepreneurship. The “opportunity” triangle of person, venture concept, and theory of change provides a holistic, dynamic interface through which entrepreneurs act upon the world. It invites scholarly inquiry grounded in design science and its edges define three core activities of entrepreneurship as a design activity: framing, modeling, and performing. The dialog between scholar and entrepreneur makes the triangle visible, facilitating reflection and deliberation in entrepreneurial practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Design","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100002"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667277421000013/pdfft?md5=e5413d425b19ca4febfc54a6f03ac971&pid=1-s2.0-S2667277421000013-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89478877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing legitimacy: Expanding the scope of cultural entrepreneurship","authors":"Vern L. Glaser, Michael Lounsbury","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2022.100007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvd.2022.100007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While the cultural entrepreneurship literature has shown how the stories entrepreneurs tell about their ventures help them attain legitimacy and acquire resources, we still know very little about how entrepreneurs develop their stories or how they change over time. In this paper, we draw upon Donald Schön's research in design studies to conceptualize a novel approach to understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial stories and to provide a bridge between the cultural entrepreneurship and design literatures. While the design perspective in entrepreneurship research has tended to neglect the role of wider sociocultural processes related to legitimacy, we highlight three insights from Schön's research—iterative prototyping, design worlds, and the artistry of design—that scholars can leverage to cultivate a unique perspective on the entrepreneurial pursuit of legitimacy. We then provide an illustrative example that fleshes out how a design approach may fruitfully guide the study of cultural entrepreneurship processes. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of how a designing legitimacy perspective might seed a research agenda that promises to enhance our understanding of frame resonance and the effectiveness of stories, pivoting, and the construction of entrepreneurial possibilities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Design","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100007"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667277422000044/pdfft?md5=1d2dc71be4eaf6aa034e1ee2b60e128a&pid=1-s2.0-S2667277422000044-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74446188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}