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ut also <strong>the</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> ‘being entrepreneurial’ or not. As pointed out by Carland, et al<br />

[1984] (44) in <strong>the</strong>ir article ‘Differentiating entrepreneurs from small business owners; a<br />

conceptualisation’, and by Stewart, Watson and Garland [1999] (15), in <strong>the</strong>ir article ‘A<br />

proclivity for <strong>entrepreneurship</strong>: A comparison <strong>of</strong> entrepreneurs, small business owners,<br />

and corporate managers’, simply being a small business owner does not necessarily imply<br />

a greater entrepreneurial role. An entrepreneurial firm can be a company with a<br />

sophisticated management structure or it can be a small business; just as larger and more<br />

sophisticated companies and small or new businesses can also be non-entrepreneurial.<br />

4.3.8.3.03 The relationship between <strong>the</strong> corporate, <strong>the</strong> small business and <strong>the</strong><br />

entrepreneurial firm is best shown as a chart as shown in Graphic 4r. Positioning a firm on<br />

<strong>the</strong> horizontal scale is a measure <strong>of</strong> its entrepreneurial-ness, <strong>the</strong> vertical scale is an<br />

implication <strong>of</strong> size or sophistication. The horizontal scale is covered by Miller and Friesen<br />

[1982] (35) in <strong>the</strong>ir article ‘Innovation in conservative and entrepreneurial firms: Two<br />

models <strong>of</strong> strategic momentum.’<br />

4.3.8.3.04 It would seem, as per Maidique’s comments on <strong>the</strong> evolut ion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

entrepreneurial role and toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> emergence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corporate sub-<strong>aliran</strong> discussed<br />

in section 4.3.6 that <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> is expanding its connaissance knowledge into <strong>the</strong> upp er<br />

areas <strong>of</strong> Graphic 4r. The lower areas in Graphic 4r are what could be considered <strong>the</strong><br />

‘traditional’ domains <strong>of</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong>. These upper and lower domains are<br />

<strong>the</strong> ends <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> polar scale between corporate and small business referred to in section<br />

4.3.8.3.01.<br />

4.3.8.3.05 The <strong>aliran</strong> differentiates between <strong>the</strong> small business and <strong>the</strong> ind ividual who<br />

enters <strong>the</strong> domains <strong>of</strong> <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> through self-employment or unemployment. The<br />

delineation is not so clear as to whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> term ‘small business’ also covers <strong>the</strong> selfemployed,<br />

I assume that it does. Accordingly while I have two separate graphics for <strong>the</strong><br />

small business sub-<strong>aliran</strong> (Graphic 4s) and <strong>the</strong> self-employed sub-<strong>aliran</strong> (Graphic 4t) I<br />

link <strong>the</strong> discussion on <strong>the</strong>ir status in <strong>the</strong> <strong>aliran</strong>.<br />

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