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<strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> is indeed dubious may reinforce <strong>the</strong> need for this objectivity and as such <strong>the</strong><br />

term dubious can be rehabilitated. Just as Gadamer rehabilitated <strong>the</strong> term prejudice, it<br />

should also be possible to rehabilitate <strong>the</strong> term dubious to be a positive ra<strong>the</strong>r tha n a<br />

negative. Some recognition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dubious nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> may already be<br />

apparent. As per Shane and Venkataraman [2000] (117) ‘to date, <strong>the</strong> phenomenon <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>entrepreneurship</strong> has lacked a conceptual framework’. This article is <strong>the</strong> most highly cited<br />

article in <strong>the</strong> <strong>aliran</strong> and its meteoric rise to that position within a short time span could<br />

indicate a recognition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dubious nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> and bring for th fur<strong>the</strong>r works<br />

that better position <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> for future study.<br />

5.2.12 Being dubious presents a greater challenge as well as placing a greater<br />

emphasis on credibility. Ra<strong>the</strong>r than postulating <strong>the</strong>ories and adding more definitions to an<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rwise overcrowded field, <strong>academic</strong>s could be ‘advised’ (in a manner similar to Low<br />

and MacMillan’s [1998] (80) advice) to study <strong>the</strong> savoir aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subject and draw<br />

conclusions from this aspect that in turn inform those interested in and carrying out<br />

entrepreneurial work.<br />

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