TY  - JOUR
AB  - Entrepreneurship researchers use various types of screening criteria to select samples for study. In that selecting these criteria is, in effect, choosing a definition or model of entrepreneurship, the consequences are immense and have had a direct impact on the generalizability of research and theory development in our field. The purpose of this study is to help entrepreneurship researchers better understand these consequences and, thereby, improve our understanding of entrepreneurial phenomenon. Four of the most commonly used screening criteria are included in this study: firm age, firm size, firm growth, and innovation. Based on a sample of 368 manufacturing firms, the results indicate that few firms fit all or even most of the considered screening criteria and independent-dependent variable relationships vary considerably by screening criteria selection.
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SN  - 2574-8904
DO  - 10.1108/NEJE-11-01-2008-B002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/NEJE-11-01-2008-B002
AU  - Murphy Gregory B.
AU  - Hill Robert
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - The impact of screening criteria on entrepreneurship research
T2  - New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 27
EP  - 38
Y2  - 2024/05/01
ER  -