Frames of entrepreneurship: 30 years of field evolution in the entrepreneurship industry
基于33年4473篇报纸文章的主题建模分析，识别出15种创业框架，揭示了创业产业从中小企业时代到硅谷时代再到重大挑战时代的三个阶段演变，以及企业家角色从中心到边缘的转变。
Abstract This study explores the evolution of the entrepreneurship industry (EI) and the role of frames in shaping this field. Based on a longitudinal topic modeling analysis of 4473 newspaper articles spanning 33 years (1990–2023), we identified 15 distinct frames of entrepreneurship. By examining how these frames—including portrayals of entrepreneurs, their goals, and the surrounding actors—shifted in dominance over time; this paper details three distinct phases in the evolution of the EI: EI 1.0 (small business era), EI 2.0 (Silicon Valley era), and EI 3.0 (grand challenges era). Each phase is characterized by frame stability, while transitions between phases are characterized by fluidity, altering both frame dominance and associations between frames. Since 2015, we have observed a declining public interest in entrepreneurship as a field. Also, as the field matures, the entrepreneur has transformed from being the central agent in the EI into an increasingly peripheral role, subjected to global political initiatives. Our study contributes to the literature on the EI literature by theorizing the role of frames in reshaping actor positions, meanings, and power relations within the EI over time. It also answers calls for more holistic research on field change and frames by conceptualizing frame fluidity as a key mechanism through which institutional fields transform.