Title: An Interview with Shaker A. Zahra and Alain Fayolle: 'The best entrepreneurship research is yet to be written'

Authors: Kathleen Randerson; Cristina Bettinelli

Addresses: University of Grenoble, IUT2 – CERAG, 150, rue de la Chimie, BP 47, 38040 Grenoble, France ' University of Bergamo, Building: Caniana, via dei Caniana 2, 24127 Bergamo BG, Italy

Abstract: This interview reports a question-and-answer session held during the E-lab Symposium 'Entrepreneurship Today' at the University of Bergamo. It featured the participation of Alain Fayolle and Shaker Zahra. These two leading scholars answered questions from participants, highlighting multidisciplinary approaches. Alain Fayolle is Entrepreneurship Professor and Head of the Entrepreneurship Research Centre at EM Lyon Business School, France. Shaker Zahra is the Department Chair, Robert E. Buuck Chair of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy and Organization in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, where he is also the Academic Director of the Gary S. Holmes Entrepreneurship Center.

Keywords: entrepreneurship research; entrepreneurship practice; multidisciplinary research.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2012.048894

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2012 Vol.17 No.2, pp.264 - 272

Published online: 16 Aug 2014 *

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