The Academic Entrepreneur: A Biographical Sketch of I an C . M ac M illan's Contributions to Establishing the Field of Entrepreneurship
概述了伊恩·C·麦克米伦如何通过实证研究、创办期刊、培养学者和建立全球数据，奠定了创业学领域的基础，并指出未来应研究复杂问题。
I an C . M ac M illan, originally from A frica, is a seminal figure in forging the contours of the present‐day field of entrepreneurship. He was the first to empirically explore topics such as venture capital decision making; entrepreneurial networks; cultural influences on entrepreneurial behavior; and many issues in corporate venturing. Through the creation of vibrant, global, scholarly networks, the founding of the Journal of Business Venturing, his dedication to training and mentoring the next generation of scholars, and establishing the first large‐scale systematic global data collection in the field, M ac has made an irreplaceable contribution to the well‐established field that entrepreneurship has become. He and his students have been acknowledged as having made significant breakthroughs in our understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena, recognized by a burgeoning number of awards and testaments to scholarly recognition. He argues that the challenge for future researchers will be to tackle big, messy problems that do not lend themselves to the popular methodologies employed by academia today. Copyright © 2014 Strategic Management Society.