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MBAB 5P23: Entrepreneurship

A guide to sources useful for researching and writing a business plan.

Finding Academic Research

Finding academic research is an iterative process with multiple steps, as illustrated in the following graphic.

Key Business Databases

Entrepreneurship research literature is scattered across a number of Business and Management disciplines. The following Library databases are recommended starting points for identifying relevant research findings on Entrepreneurship topics. Remember to limit the results to Peer Reviewed (Scholarly) Journals, as these databases also include non-scholarly sources such as newspapers and business magazines.

Scholarly Entrepreneurship Journals

The following is a selective list of scholarly entrepreneurship journals, but articles on topics related to entrepreneurship and new business ventures may appear in many other journals, so it is best to 'cast a wide net' by searching for your topic in one of the databases listed on this page.