Out in the open
...and you are invited
Queensland University of Technology has now publicly released data from the to date largest study of business start-ups, and it is inviting researchers across disciplines to use it for their studies of entrepreneurship.
The Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) followed large samples of young firms and on-going business start-up attempts in five waves of data collection between 2007-2013.
Project leader Professor Per Davidsson from the Australian Centre Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) at QUT's Business School said at the launch that the dataset was too rich for a small group of researchers to fully explore.
"That’s why we have de-identified and obtained ethical clearance for public release," he said.
In addition to research articles, the project has also led to a series of Sketchbook videos that provide practicle advice to businesses how to improve their innovative capacity.
For example, a recently uploaded video describes three elements that can transform a business to becoming more entrepreneurial: 1) a shared vision; 2) a socially integrated management team; and 3) direct linkages between organisational units.