<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>UTas ePrints - The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/javascript/auto.js"><!-- padder --></script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/auto.css);</style>
<style type="text/css" media="print">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/print.css);</style>
<link rel="icon" href="/images/eprints/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/eprints/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="Top" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/" />
<link rel="Search" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/search" />
<meta content="Jones, Colin D." name="eprints.creators_name" />
<meta content="Colin.Jones@utas.edu.au" name="eprints.creators_id" />
<meta content="conference_item" name="eprints.type" />
<meta content="2007-03-19" name="eprints.datestamp" />
<meta content="2008-01-08 15:30:00" name="eprints.lastmod" />
<meta content="show" name="eprints.metadata_visibility" />
<meta content="The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship" name="eprints.title" />
<meta content="pub" name="eprints.ispublished" />
<meta content="349999" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="340199" name="eprints.subjects" />
<meta content="public" name="eprints.full_text_status" />
<meta content="paper" name="eprints.pres_type" />
<meta content="Evolutionary Theory, Entrepreneurship, Darwinism" name="eprints.keywords" />
<meta content="This paper explores that application of evolutionary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. An eclectic approach that aims to highlight the multiple sources of evolutionary thought that frequently remain outside the boundaries of organizational theorizing is used. It is argued that any evolutionary theory of entrepreneurship must appreciate the foundations of evolutionary thought as much as it must consider the nature entrepreneurship. The central point being that we must move beyond a debate or preference of the natural selection and adaptationist viewpoints. Then, the interrelationships between individuals, firms, populations and the environments within which they interact may be better appreciated. " name="eprints.abstract" />
<meta content="2005-06-27" name="eprints.date" />
<meta content="published" name="eprints.date_type" />
<meta content="30" name="eprints.pages" />
<meta content="10th Anniversary Summer DRUID Conference: Dynamics of Industry and Innovation" name="eprints.event_title" />
<meta content="Copenhagen, Denmark" name="eprints.event_location" />
<meta content="27-29 June 2005" name="eprints.event_dates" />
<meta content="conference" name="eprints.event_type" />
<meta content="UNSPECIFIED" name="eprints.thesis_type" />
<meta content="TRUE" name="eprints.refereed" />
<meta content="http://www.druid.dk/conferences/" name="eprints.official_url" />
<meta content="Aldrich, H.E. (1999) Organizations evolving. London: Sage Publications.
Aldrich, H.E. and Martinez, M.A. (2001) Many are called, but few are chosen: An evolutionary perspective of the study of entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 25 (4) pp. 41-56.
Amburgey, T.L., Kelly, D. and Barnett, W.P. (1993) Resetting the clock: The dynamics of organizational change, Administrative Science Quarterly, 38 (1) pp. 51-73.
Amburgey, T.L., Dacin, T. and Kelly, D. (1994). Disruptive selection and population segmentation: Interpopulation competition as a segregating process. In Baum, J.A.C. and Singh, J.V. (Eds.), Evolutionary dynamics of organizations, pp. 240-254. New York: Oxford University Press.
Amit, R., Glosten, L. and Muller, E. (1990) Entrepreneurial ability, venture investing, and risk sharing, Management Science, 36 (10) pp. 1232-1245.
Baldwin, J.M. (1896) A new factor in evolution, American Naturalist, 30, pp. 441-451 (June) and 536-553 (July).
Baum, J.A.C. and Singh, J.V. (1994). Organizational hierarchies and evolutionary processes: Some reflections on a theory of organizational evolution. In J.A.C. Baum & J.V. Singh, (Eds.), Evolutionary dynamics of organizations, pp. 3-20. New York: Oxford University Press.
Brittain, J. (1994) Density-independent selection and community evolution. In J.A.C. Baum and J.V. Singh, (Eds.), Evolutionary dynamics of organizations, pp. 355-378. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bruderer, E. and Singh, J.T. (1996) Organizational evolution, learning, and selection: A genetic-algorithm-based model, Academy of Management Journal, 39 (5) pp. 1322-1349.
Campbell, D.T. (1965) Variation and selective retention in socio-cultural evolution. In Barringer, H.R., Blanksten, G.I. and Mack, R.W. (Eds.), Social Change in Developing Areas: A Reinterpretation of Evolutionary Theory, pp. 19-49. Cambridge: Schenkman Publishing.
Darwin, C. (1901) The origin of species by means of natural selection. London: J. Murray.
Dawkins, R. (1983) Universal Darwinism. In Bendall, D.S. (Ed.), Evolution from molecules to man, pp. 403-425. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Davidsson, P., Low, M.B. and Wright, M (2001) Low and MacMillan Ten years on: Achievements and future directions for entrepreneurship research, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 25 (4) pp. 5-15.
Deacon, T. (1999) The symbolic species. New York: W.W. Norton.
Dollimore, D. (2003) Universal Darwinism in Nelson and Winter’s evolutionary theory, Paper presented at the EAEPE Conference on the Information Society, Maastricht, 7-10 November 2003, http://www.eaepe.infonomics.nl/papers/Dollimore.pdf.
Donaldson, L. (1988) In successful defence of organization theory: A routing of the critics, Organization Studies, 9 (1) pp. 28-32.
Durham, W.H. (1991) Coevolution: Genes, culture, and human diversity. California: Stanford University Press.
Goffman, E. (1959) The presentation of self in everyday life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Gould, S.J. (2002) The structure of evolutionary theory. London: Harvard University Press.
Grant, V. (1985) The evolutionary process: A critical review of evolutionary theory. New York: Columbia University Press.
Hamilton, D.B. (1953) Newtonian classicism and Darwinian institutionalism. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Hannan, M.T. and Freeman, J.H. (1997) The population ecology of organizations, American Journal of Sociology, 82 (5) pp. 929-963.
Hayek, F.A. (1988) The fatal conceit: The errors of socialism, vol 1 of collected works of F.A. Hayek. London: Routledge.
Hodgson, G. M. (1993) Economics and evolution: Bringing life back into economics. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Hodgson, G.M. (2001) Is social evolution Lamarckian or Darwinian. In J. Nightingale, J. and Laurent, J. (Eds.), Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Hodgson, G.M. (2003a) The mystery of the routine: The Darwinian destiny of an evolutionary theory of economic change, Revue Economique, 54 (2) pp. 355-384.
Hodgson, G.M. (2003b) Darwinism and institutional economics, Journal of Economic Issues, 37 (1) pp. 85-97.
Hull, D.L. (1988) Science as a process: An evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Hull, D.L. (2001) Science and selection. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hull, D.L., Langman, R.E. and Glenn, S.S. (2001) A general account of selection. In Hull, D.L. Science and selection. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Jones, C (2003) Beyond e-commerce: When caterpillars know what butterflies understand, Journal of New Business Ideas and Trends, 1 (2) pp. 10-20.
Jones, C. (2005) Firm transformation: Advancing a Darwinian perspective, Management Decision, 43 (1) pp. 13-25.
Koestler, A. (1978) Janus: A summing up. New York: Random House.
Knudsen, T. (2001) Nesting Lamarckism with Darwinian explanations: Necessity in economics and possibility in biology. In Nightingale, J. and Laurent, J. (Eds.), Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Knudsen, T. (2002) Economic selection theory, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 12 (4) pp. 443-470.
Lamarck, J-B. (1984). Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition With Regard to the Natural History of Animals. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Lewontin, R.C. (1970) The units of selection, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1, pp. 1-18.
Levinthal, D.A. (1991) Organizational adaptation and environmental selection: Interrelated processes of change, Organization Science, 2 (1) pp. 140-145.
Lewin, A.Y. and Volberda, H.K. (1999) Prolegomena on coevolution: A framework for research on strategy and new organizational forms, Organization Science, 10 (5) pp. 519-534.
Low, M.B. and MacMillan, I.C. (1988) Entrepreneurship: Past research and future challenges, Journal of Management, 14 (2) pp. 139-161.
Lumsden, C.J. and Singh, J.V. (1990) The dynamics of organizational speciation. In J.V. Singh, Organizational evolution: New directions, pp. 145-163. London: Sage Publications.
March, J.G. (1991) Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning, Organization Science, 2 (1) pp. 71-87.
Miles, R.E. and Snow, C.C. (1994) Fit, failure, and the hall of fame: How companies succeed of fail. New York: Free Press.
Murmann, J.P. and Tushman, M.L. (2001) From the technology cycle to the entrepreneurship dynamic: The social context of entrepreneurial innovation. In C.B. Schoonhoven and E, Romanelli (Eds.), The entrepreneurship dynamic: Origins of entrepreneurship and the evolution of industries, pp. 178-203. California: Stanford University Press.
Murmann, J.P. (2003) Knowledge and competitive advantage. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Nelson, R.R. and Winter, S.G. (1982) An evolutionary theory of economic change. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Rao, H (1998) Caveat emptor: The construction of nonprofit consumer watchdog organizations, American Journal of Sociology, 103 (4) pp. 912-961.
Stuart, H. (1997) Exploring the corporate identity / corporate image interface: An empirical study of accountancy firms, Journal of Communication Management, 2 (4) pp. 357-373.
Plotkin, H. (1993) Darwin machines and the nature of knowledge. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Rescher, N. (1977) Methodological pragmatism: A systems-theoretic approach to the theory of knowledge. New York: New York University Press.
Veblen, T. (1919) The place of science in modern civilisation and other essays. New York: B.W. Huebsch.
Waddington, C.H. (1969) Paradigm for an evolutionary process. In Waddington, C.H. (ed.), Towards a theoretical biology, Vol 2: Sketches. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Whittington, R. (1993) What is strategy – and does it matter? London: Routledge.
Wilkins. J.S. (2001) The appearance of Lamarckism in the evolution of culture. In Nightingale, J. and Laurent, J. (Eds.), Darwinism and evolutionary economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Williams, G.C. (1996) Adaptation and natural selection: A critique of some current evolutionary thought. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Zahra, S.A. and George, G. (2002) Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and extension, Academy of Management Review, 27 (2) pp. 185-203.
" name="eprints.referencetext" />
<meta content="Jones, Colin D. (2005) The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship. In: 10th Anniversary Summer DRUID Conference: Dynamics of Industry and Innovation, 27-29 June 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark." name="eprints.citation" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/1/Author_Version_-_Druid.pdf" name="eprints.document_url" />
<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.0/" />
<meta content="The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship" name="DC.title" />
<meta content="Jones, Colin D." name="DC.creator" />
<meta content="349999 Economics not elsewhere classified" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="340199 Economic Theory not elsewhere classified" name="DC.subject" />
<meta content="This paper explores that application of evolutionary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. An eclectic approach that aims to highlight the multiple sources of evolutionary thought that frequently remain outside the boundaries of organizational theorizing is used. It is argued that any evolutionary theory of entrepreneurship must appreciate the foundations of evolutionary thought as much as it must consider the nature entrepreneurship. The central point being that we must move beyond a debate or preference of the natural selection and adaptationist viewpoints. Then, the interrelationships between individuals, firms, populations and the environments within which they interact may be better appreciated. " name="DC.description" />
<meta content="2005-06-27" name="DC.date" />
<meta content="Conference or Workshop Item" name="DC.type" />
<meta content="PeerReviewed" name="DC.type" />
<meta content="application/pdf" name="DC.format" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/1/Author_Version_-_Druid.pdf" name="DC.identifier" />
<meta content="http://www.druid.dk/conferences/" name="DC.relation" />
<meta content="Jones, Colin D. (2005) The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship. In: 10th Anniversary Summer DRUID Conference: Dynamics of Industry and Innovation, 27-29 June 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark." name="DC.identifier" />
<meta content="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/" name="DC.relation" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/BibTeX/epprod-eprint-865.bib" title="BibTeX" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/ContextObject/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="OpenURL ContextObject" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/ContextObject::Dissertation/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="OpenURL Dissertation" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/ContextObject::Journal/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="OpenURL Journal" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/DC/epprod-eprint-865.txt" title="Dublin Core" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/DIDL/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="DIDL" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/EndNote/epprod-eprint-865.enw" title="EndNote" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/HTML/epprod-eprint-865.html" title="HTML Citation" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/METS/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="METS" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/MODS/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="MODS" type="text/xml" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/RIS/epprod-eprint-865.ris" title="Reference Manager" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/Refer/epprod-eprint-865.refer" title="Refer" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/Simple/epprod-eprint-865text" title="Simple Metadata" type="text/plain" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/Text/epprod-eprint-865.txt" title="ASCII Citation" type="text/plain; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/export/865/XML/epprod-eprint-865.xml" title="EP3 XML" type="text/xml" />
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" onLoad="loadRoutine(); MM_preloadImages('images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11_f2.gif','images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4_f2.gif')">
<div class="ep_noprint"><noscript><style type="text/css">@import url(http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/nojs.css);</style></noscript></div>
<table width="795" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="795">
<!-- fwtable fwsrc="eprints_banner_final2.png" fwbase="ePrints_banner.gif" fwstyle="Dreamweaver" fwdocid = "1249563342" fwnested="0" -->
<tr>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="32" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="104" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="44" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="105" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="41" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="16" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="68" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="82" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="69" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="98" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="12"><img name="ePrints_banner_r1_c1" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r1_c1.gif" width="795" height="10" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="10" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c1" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c1.gif" width="32" height="118" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c2" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c2.gif" width="104" height="103" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td colspan="10"><img name="ePrints_banner_r2_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r2_c3.gif" width="659" height="41" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="41" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/"><img name="ePrints_banner_r3_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r3_c3.gif" width="190" height="31" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="7"><img name="ePrints_banner_r3_c6" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r3_c6.gif" width="469" height="37" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="31" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img name="ePrints_banner_r4_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r4_c3.gif" width="190" height="6" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="6" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c3.gif" width="149" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/information.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821132634_0,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c5');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c5','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c5" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c5.gif" width="57" height="25" border="0" alt="About" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/view/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133021_1,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c7');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c7','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c7" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c7.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="Browse" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/search/simple" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133201_2,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c8');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c8','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c8" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c8.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="Search" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/register" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout();" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1018171924_3,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c9');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c9','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c9" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c9.gif" width="68" height="25" border="0" alt="register" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/perl/users/home" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133422_4,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c10');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c10','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c10" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c10.gif" width="82" height="25" border="0" alt="user area" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="2"><a href="/help/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0821133514_5,0,25,null,'ePrints_banner_r5_c11');MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r5_c11','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c11" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c11.gif" width="69" height="25" border="0" alt="Help" /></a></td>
<td rowspan="3" colspan="4"><img name="ePrints_banner_r5_c12" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r5_c12.gif" width="98" height="40" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2"><img name="ePrints_banner_r6_c3" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c3.gif" width="44" height="39" border="0" alt="ePrints home" /></td>
<td><a href="/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('ePrints_banner_r6_c4','','/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4_f2.gif',1);"><img name="ePrints_banner_r6_c4" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r6_c4.gif" width="105" height="24" border="0" alt="ePrints home" /></a></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="24" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img name="ePrints_banner_r7_c2" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r7_c2.gif" width="104" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="8"><img name="ePrints_banner_r7_c4" src="/images/eprints/ePrints_banner_r7_c4.gif" width="517" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="/images/eprints/spacer.gif" width="1" height="15" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><table width="100%" style="font-size: 90%; border: solid 1px #ccc; padding: 3px"><tr>
<td align="left"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home">Login</a> | <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/register">Create Account</a></td>
<td align="right" style="white-space: nowrap">
<form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/search" style="display:inline">
<input class="ep_tm_searchbarbox" size="20" type="text" name="q" />
<input class="ep_tm_searchbarbutton" value="Search" type="submit" name="_action_search" />
<input type="hidden" name="_order" value="bytitle" />
<input type="hidden" name="basic_srchtype" value="ALL" />
<input type="hidden" name="_satisfyall" value="ALL" />
</form>
</td>
</tr></table></td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="toplinks"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="content" -->
<div align="center">
<table width="720" class="ep_tm_main"><tr><td align="left">
<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Jones, Colin D.</span> (2005) <xhtml:em>The eclectic necessity of an evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship.</xhtml:em> In: 10th Anniversary Summer DRUID Conference: Dynamics of Industry and Innovation, 27-29 June 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_869' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/1/Author_Version_-_Druid.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_869' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_869"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/865/1/Author_Version_-_Druid.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />121Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.druid.dk/conferences/">http://www.druid.dk/conferences/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This paper explores that application of evolutionary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. An eclectic approach that aims to highlight the multiple sources of evolutionary thought that frequently remain outside the boundaries of organizational theorizing is used. It is argued that any evolutionary theory of entrepreneurship must appreciate the foundations of evolutionary thought as much as it must consider the nature entrepreneurship. The central point being that we must move beyond a debate or preference of the natural selection and adaptationist viewpoints. Then, the interrelationships between individuals, firms, populations and the environments within which they interact may be better appreciated. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Evolutionary Theory, Entrepreneurship, Darwinism</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/349999.html">340000 Economics > 349900 Other Economics > 349999 Economics not elsewhere classified</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/340199.html">340000 Economics > 340100 Economic Theory > 340199 Economic Theory not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">865</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mr Colin D Jones</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">19 Mar 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=865;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=865">item control page</a></p>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/footer_eprints.lbi" -->
<table width="795" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" class="footer">
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan="2"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au">UTAS home</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/">Library home</a> | <a href="/">ePrints home</a> | <a href="/contact.html">contact</a> | <a href="/information.html">about</a> | <a href="/view/">browse</a> | <a href="/perl/search/simple">search</a> | <a href="/perl/register">register</a> | <a href="/perl/users/home">user area</a> | <a href="/help/">help</a></div><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><p><img src="/images/eprints/footerline.gif" width="100%" height="4" /></p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="68%" class="footer">Authorised by the University Librarian<br />
© University of Tasmania ABN 30 764 374 782<br />
<a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/cricos/">CRICOS Provider Code 00586B</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/copyright/copyright_disclaimers.html">Copyright & Disclaimers</a> | <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/accessibility/index.html">Accessibility</a> | <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/feedback/">Site Feedback</a> </td>
<td width="32%"><div align="right">
<p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><img src="http://www.utas.edu.au/shared/logos/unioftasstrip.gif" alt="University of Tasmania Home Page" width="260" height="16" border="0" align="right" /></a></p>
<p align="right" class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/"><br />
</a></p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><p> </p></td>
<td><div align="right"><span class="NoPrint"><a href="http://www.eprints.org/software/"><img src="/images/eprintslogo.gif" alt="ePrints logo" width="77" height="29" border="0" align="bottom" /></a></span></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- #EndLibraryItem -->
<div align="center"></div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
