dr. Neil Aaron Thompson

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• 2024

  Circular Strategies as Practice: Connecting Circular Business Models to Circular Ecosystems

  van Erkelens, A. M., Thompson, N. A., Quintelier, K. & van Bommel, K., 2024, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024, 1, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting Abstract › Academic

• Entrepreneuring as multispecies composting

  Cnossen, B., Byrne, O., Lassalle, P., Thompson, N. A., Verduijn, K. & Yeröz, H., 2024, Organization Studies and Posthumanism: Towards a More-than-Human World. de Vaujany, F-X., Gherardi, S. & Silva, P. (eds.). Routledge, p. 53-74 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

  • Story-Telling 100%

• The dynamic construction of an incubation context: a practice theory perspective

  van Erkelens, A. M., Thompson, N. A. & Chalmers, D., 2024, In: Small Business Economics. 62, 2, p. 583-605

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Tuition Fee 50%

• Viewing entrepreneurship 'in motion': Exploring current uses and future possibilities of video research methods in entrepreneurship research

  Ormiston, J. & Thompson, N. A., 2024, Big Questions and Great Answers in Entrepreneurship Research: Discussing Up-to-date Methodological and Philosophical Issues. Fayolle, A., Le Pontois, S. & Pelly, R. D. M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 220-263 44 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
• 2023

  Concepts as Mirrors and Torches: Rigor and Relevance as Scholarly Performativity

  Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O. & Dimov, D., Nov 2023, In: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 47, 6, p. 2155-2173 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Performativity 100%
  • Rigor 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Adherence 20%
  • Application 20%

• ‘How might we?’: Studying new venture ideation in and through practices

  Nicolai, M. & Thompson, N. A., Jun 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. 39, 2, p. 1-10 10 p., 101275.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Questioning 100%
  • Relational 100%
  • New Venture 100%
  • New Venture Idea 33%
  • Tuition Fee 16%
• 2022

  Imagining Futures: Theorizing the Practical Knowledge of Future-making

  Thompson, N. A. & Byrne, O., 1 Feb 2022, In: Organization Studies. 43, 2, p. 247–268 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Boundaries 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%

• Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice: Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice

  Thompson, N. A. (ed.), Byrne, O. (ed.), Jenkins, A. (ed.) & Teague, B. T. (ed.), 1 Jan 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 356 p.

  Research output: Book / Report › Book (Editorship) › Academic

  • Guides 100%
  • Science Administration 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Research Practice 33%
  • Community Research 33%

• Entrepreneurship as practice: grounding contemporary theories of practice into entrepreneurship studies

  Thompson, N. A. (ed.), Verduyn, K. (ed.) & Gartner, W. B. (ed.), 2022, Routledge. 118 p.

  Research output: Book / Report › Book (Editorship) › Academic

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Regional Development 9%

• Introduction to the Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice

  Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O., Jenkins, A. & Teague, B. T., 2022, Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O., Jenkins, A. & Teague, B. T. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Guides 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Research Practice 12%
  • Community Research 12%
  81 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Displaying and negotiating entrepreneuring expertise in context: A practice theory perspective

  Thompson, N. A. & Campbell, B., Aug 2021, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021, 1

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting Abstract › Academic

  • Practitioners 100%
  • Team Member 100%
  • Lived Experience 100%

• Called to volunteer and stay longer: The significance of work calling for volunteering motivation and retention

  Faletehan, A. F., van Burg, E., Thompson, N. A. & Wempe, J., Jul 2021, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 12, 2, p. 235-255 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Volunteering 100%
  • Nonprofit Organizations 25%
  • Job Satisfaction 25%
  • Non-Profit 25%
  1215 Downloads (Pure)

• Entrepreneurial learning as practice: a video-ethnographic analysis

  Thompson, N. A. & Illes, E., 19 Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 27, 3, p. 579-599 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Startup 50%
  • Learning Theory 50%

• Viewing entrepreneurship “in motion”: Exploring current uses and future possibilities of video-based entrepreneurship research

  Ormiston, J. & Thompson, N. A., 2021, In: Journal of Small Business Management. 59, 5, p. 976-1011 37 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Focus Group 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Scientific Methods 42%
  • Research Article 14%
• 2020

  Entrepreneurs’ Creative Responses to Institutional Challenges: Insider Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa

  Thompson, N. A. & Eijdenberg, E., 28 May 2020, Emerald Publishing. 132 p. (Emerald Points)

  Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Institutional Context 33%
  • Macro Level 33%
  • Micro Level 33%
  • Meso Level 33%

• [Book Review of:] Betsy Campbell Practice Theory in Action: Empirical Studies of Interaction in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Studies of Interaction in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  Thompson, N. A., May 2020, In: Organization Studies. 41, 5, p. 727-729 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review › Academic

  Open Access

  File
  68 Downloads (Pure)

• No Need to Worry? Anxiety and Coping in the Entrepreneurship Process

  Thompson, N. A., van Gelderen, M. & Keppler, L., 12 Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 398.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Goal Striving 100%

• Advancing Entrepreneurship as Practice: previous developments and future possibilities

  Thompson, N. A. & Byrne, O., 2 Mar 2020, Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Behavior, Practice and Process: Behavior, Practice, Process and Action. Gartner, W. B. & Teague, B. T. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 30-55 26 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Entrepreneurship-as-practice: grounding contemporary theories of practice into entrepreneurship studies

  Thompson, N. A., Verduijn, K. & Gartner, W. B., Mar 2020, In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 32, 3-4, p. 247-256 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Tuition Fee 25%
  223 Downloads (Pure)

• Jump for joy: happiness as the route to increased living standards of entrepreneurs in Zambia

  Eijdenberg, E. L. & Thompson, N. A., 2020, In: Small Enterprise Research. 27, 2, p. 240-257 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Happiness 100%
  • Practitioners 14%
  172 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Imagining Possible Opportunities through Business Development Practices: A Practice-Based Study

  Byrne, O., Thompson, N. A. & Dimov, D. P., 1 Aug 2019, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019, 1

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting Abstract › Academic

  • Company 100%
  • Practice Development 100%
  • Development Programmes 100%
  • Social Structure 100%
  • Enterprises 100%

• Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

  Eijdenberg, E. L., Thompson, N. A., Verduijn, K. & Essers, C., 18 Apr 2019, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 25, 3, p. 414-432 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Institutional Theory 100%
  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Focus Group 33%
  • Institutional Environment 33%
  • Macro Level 33%
  18534 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘Don’t Think, Look!’: A Wittgensteinian Critique of Entrepreneurial Action and a Way Forward

  Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O. & Dimov, D. P., 2019, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019, 1

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting Abstract › Academic

  • Action 100%
  • Theory Development 100%
  • Argumentation 100%
  • Entrepreneurial Action 100%
  • Tradition 25%
• 2018

  Why do sustainable ventures fail to attract management talent?

  Thompson, N. A. & Eijkemans, R., 21 Nov 2018, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 10, 11, p. 1-14 14 p., 4319.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Competitive Advantage 100%
  • Employment Opportunities 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%

• SME Knowledge Commercialization Through Public Sector Partnerships

  Thompson, N. A., Herrmann, A. M. & Hekkert, M. P., Jun 2018, In: International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. 15, 3, p. 1-27 27 p., 1850021.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Commercialization 100%
  • Public Sector 100%
  • Research Organization 100%
  • Population Ecology Theory 33%
  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Biofuels are (not) the future! Legitimation strategies of sustainable ventures in complex institutional environments

  Thompson, N. A., 30 Apr 2018, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 10, 5, 1382.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Institutional Environment 100%
  • Biofuel 100%
  • Legitimation 100%
  • Institutional Theory 50%
  • Research Design 50%

• Critiquing and renewing the entrepreneurial imagination

  Thompson, N. A., 2018, Philosophical reflexivity and entrepreneurship research. Fayolle, A., Ramoglou, S., Karatas-Ozkan, M. & Nicolopoulou, K. (eds.). Routledge, p. 126-138 13 p. (Routledge rethinking entrepreneurship research).

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Individual Ability 100%
  • Social Order 50%
  • Social Practice 50%
  42 Downloads (Pure)

• Expanding entrepreneurial, innovative and sustainable (EIS) ecosystems: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective

  Audhoe, R., Thompson, N. A. & Verduyn, K., 2018, Entrepreneurial, Innovative and Sustainable Ecosystems: Best Practices and Implications for Quality of Life. Leitão, J., Alves, H., Krueger, N. & Park, J. (eds.). Springer, p. 67-89 23 p. (Applying quality of lif: Best practices).

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Activity Theory 100%
  • Systems Analysis 100%
  • Happiness 100%
  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Public Management 50%
  209 Downloads (Pure)

• Hey DJ, don’t stop the music: Institutional work and record pooling practices in the United States’ music industry

  Thompson, N. A., 2018, In: Business History. 60, 5, p. 677-698 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • MUSIC INDUSTRY 100%
  • Boundary Work 100%
  • Organization Studies 100%
  • Embeddedness 100%
  • Digitalization 100%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Imagination and Creativity in Organizations

  Thompson, N. A., 2018, In: Organization Studies. 39, 2/3, p. 229-250 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Esthetics 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Creative Thinking 100%
  • Expression 50%
  • Action 50%
  3 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Biofuels are (not) the future! Image mismatch and image work by hybrid organizations

  Thompson, N. A., 2016, Academy of Management Proceedings. Anaheim, California: AOM

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

• Entrepreneurship as practice: grounding contemporary practice theory into entrepreneurship studies

  Thompson, N. A., Verduyn, K., Stam, A. M. C. E. & Gartner, W. B., 2016, In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 28, 9-10

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Special issue (Editorship) › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  1167 Downloads (Pure)

• Local entrepreneurial assistance and education practices in globalized world: A nexus analysis

  Thompson, N. A. & Verduijn, J. K., 2016, RENT conference. Antwerp: RENT

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic
• 2015

  Creating Anomalous Practices through Assemblage: Insights from the Dutch Bio-energy Field

  Thompson, N. A., 2015, Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference. Vancouver: AOM

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

• Hey DJ, don’t stop the music: The timing of institutional entrepreneurship

  Thompson, N. A., 2015, Proceedings of the Academy of Management Meeting. Vancouver: AOM

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

• How sustainable entrepreneurs engage in institutional change: insights from biomass torrefaction in the Netherlands

  Thompson, N. A., Herrmann, A. M. & Hekkert, M. P., 2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 106, November, p. 608-618

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Institutional Change 100%
  • Sustainable Service 33%
  • Entrepreneurship 33%
  • Sustainable Product 33%
  • Trade Associations 33%
• 2013

  Institutional Logics and Entrepreneurship: Struggling for Legitimacy in the Emerging Bioenergy Field

  Thompson, N. A., 2013

  Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis – Research and graduation external
• 2011

  Distinctions not dichotomies: Exploring social, sustainable, and environmental entrepreneurship

  Thompson, N. A., Kiefer, K. & York, J., 2011, Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Katz, J. & Corbett, A. C. (eds.). Bingley, UK: Emerald Books, p. 201-229 28 p. (Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth; no. 13).

  Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic