Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework

In this paper, we address a thorny challenge: how can entrepreneurship scholarship enhance its impact without compromising the pursuit of conceptual rigor and theoretical novelty? We propose prospective inquiry framework for entrepreneurship. It aims to align scholarly novelty with entrepreneurs' focus on future, in shared aspiration make difference world. By expanding work toward formulation, exploration, evaluation alternatives present, as theories desired futures. Prospective retains primacy theorizing while purpose, value, use research, unleashing generative power. opens new spaces excellence, dissolves research-practice gap, allows researchers practitioners theorize enact their aspirations future.