From the Metaphor to the Concept of the Entrepreneurial Journey in Entrepreneurship Research

From the Metaphor to the Concept of the Entrepreneurial Journey in Entrepreneurship Research provides insight into the entrepreneurial journey as a research construct in entrepreneurship. The author conducts a systematic literature review over the last 40 years. This systematic overview and analysis of publications, research trends and premises on further developments of the entrepreneurial journey concept as a complex phenomenon suggest different frameworks, approaches and future research challenges. The entrepreneurial journey approach opens up those aspects and dimensions of the dynamics of the entrepreneurial process that have gone unnoticed in the previous studies. These include the need, in addition to time, for a generalized dimension(s) to measure the progression of the entrepreneurial process and journey, as well as linking it to the theories, concepts and research methods used to date. The overview and analysis of some practical examples offer several opportunities for further research on the concept of the entrepreneurial journey and approaches to entrepreneurship studies in general.