Entrepreneurship and projects—Linking segregated communities

SummaryResearch in the areas of entrepreneurship and project work management has followed parallel but separate paths. However, in real practice, the connections between entrepreneurship and project practice appear stronger. Thus, there are potential research links to be exploited and the view taken in this article is that there are gains in finding conceptual connections between the two areas.The rationale for this article is that in terms of knowledge building, there is a damaging fragmentation and separation of the two areas. In research there is an emphasis in publishing in niche journals and that emphasis has contributed to a separation of the communities and the fragmentation of knowledge. Similar fragmenting mechanisms can also be found on the practical side where there is a reliance on ‘experts’ and on practice specialties.In this article we seek to combat this trend and want to contribute to integration and defragmentation by referring to the development paths of the two areas, by describing existing linkages and by pointing to the conceptual and practitioner gains to be accrued from linking the two areas.