Mapping Field of Entrepreneurship Research by Using the Theory of Nascent Entrepreneurs, Productive Entrepreneurship and Unproductive Entrepreneurship

Abstract

This study aims to map the field of entrepreneurship research to make it easier for researchers to
place their research in the constellation of the entrepreneurship theory. The research method used in this
study are literature studies of entrepreneurship since classical economic theory, until neo-classical and
Austrian schools of thought. Literature studies are also directed at examining business opportunities; the
concept of nascent entrepreneur and the concept of unproductive entrepreneurship. Based on the results of
the literature review, three groups of entrepreneurial field of research can be mapped, namely: First, the
research group of nascent entrepreneurs. Second, the productive entrepreneurship research group. Third, the
unproductive entrepreneurship research group.