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5.1.04 The second significant point was <strong>the</strong> difference emphasis on size. I had initially<br />

assumed that corporate related to corporations, but it was clear from <strong>the</strong> <strong>aliran</strong> that<br />

corporate was somewhat linked to size, but not necessarily in effect <strong>of</strong> being linked to size<br />

as in a corporation. Corporate was used more as an approach to ensuring <strong>the</strong> continuity <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> firm which did tend, in such context, to be identified differently to a small business or a<br />

self-employed individual.<br />

5.1.05 Corporate issues such as corporate innovation, corporate venturing and corporate<br />

entrepreneuring tended to be more introverted when compared to <strong>the</strong> greater extroversion<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sub-<strong>aliran</strong> on small businesses, self-employed and ethnic / immigrants. I believe this<br />

introversion relates again to a disciplinic delineation between <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> and<br />

management <strong>discipline</strong>s where <strong>academic</strong>s in <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> are expanding <strong>the</strong>ir ‘patch’<br />

by <strong>the</strong> inclusion <strong>of</strong> domains more traditionally associated with <strong>the</strong> management <strong>discipline</strong>.<br />

5.1.06 These inc lusions may still have certain limitations with studies into traits such as<br />

ethnicities or approaches such as reactivity to events, tending to relate more to small<br />

businesses or <strong>the</strong> self-employed, not to leaders in a firm or organization. The study <strong>of</strong><br />

ethnicity in management or managers’ reactions to events are still inclusions in <strong>the</strong><br />

management <strong>discipline</strong>. As discussed in section 4.3.10.07 this may be a new field <strong>of</strong> study<br />

in <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> as well as still being part <strong>of</strong> management studies. However <strong>the</strong> <strong>aliran</strong><br />

may already be addr essing such issue as will be discussed in section 5.1.10 b elow when <strong>the</strong><br />

changes observed from <strong>the</strong> <strong>aliran</strong> are included in my heffalump model.<br />

5.1.07 Changes to <strong>the</strong> heffalump mode l shown in Graphic 4j would include <strong>the</strong><br />

following:<br />

• Inclus ion <strong>of</strong> a parallel entity <strong>of</strong> firms next to organizations with strong links<br />

between <strong>the</strong> organization and learning, organization and rational approaches, also<br />

strong links between <strong>the</strong> firm and innovation.<br />

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