Public policy implications of entrepreneurship research
分析了2010至2020年间10本期刊的4247篇文章，发现仅11.7%包含明确政策建议，且多数缺乏政策细节和实施可行性，揭示了创业研究与政策之间的脱节。
After examining 4247 articles in 10 journals between 2010 and 2020, we found only 11.7% ( n = 497) included explicit policy recommendations, and just 1.4% ( n = 60) had explicit policy implications subsections. We analysed these 60 articles using behaviourally anchored rating scales (BARS) to assess four key aspects of the policy implications for quality and practicality. Policy implications were generally based on methodologically transparent research, but often lacked rigour in detailing policy and regulatory requirements, and typically demanded significant resources for implementation. Our results contribute to theory by improving our understanding of the why, when and how of policy implications of entrepreneurship research. Also, our BARS framework allows for a differentiation between quality and practical applicability, thereby reframing assumptions by showing that impactful policy implications require both methodological quality and implementation feasibility. Overall, the research–policy gap in entrepreneurship results not merely from disengagement but also research–policy misalignment in content and form.