530: Triumphs and Tribulations of Ethnography in Entrepreneurship Research (12422)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Hyatt: Grand Hall H

Session Number: 530
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Research
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Organizer(s)

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Marco Mismetti

Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Panelist(s)

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Lloyd P. Steier

U. of Alberta, Canada
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Alex Stewart

Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada

Participant(s)

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Shannon Leigh Sciarappa

Boston College, United States

Organizer(s)

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Eliana Crosina

Babson College, United States
AD

Alfredo De Massis

Free U. of Bolzano, IMD Business School and Lancaster U., Italy

Moderator(s)

EC

Eliana Crosina

Babson College, United States

Discussant(s)

AD

Alfredo De Massis

Free U. of Bolzano, IMD Business School and Lancaster U., Italy

Panelist(s)

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Rebecca Karp

Harvard Business School, United States
MM

Marco Mismetti

Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
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Onnolee Anne Nordstrom

North Dakota State U., United States
MP

Michael G. Pratt

Boston College, United States

This symposium brings together scholars to explore the potential of ethnography to understand entrepreneurship, and particularly family businesses. Though ethnography has long been recognized as a promising methodology for uncovering the complex interplay of interactions, relationships, and processes in entrepreneurial firms, ethnographic research in entrepreneurship, and in family business scholarship in particular, remains scant. A panel of experts will reflect on their current and prior projects to explore challenges and opportunities associated with conducting ethnographic work in an array of entrepreneurial settings. They will also share best practices and their “tricks of the trade.”