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In the case of meta-physical reflections about subjective experiences, such as motivations and values, no objective ‘right or wrong’ can be pursued. Rather inter-subjective agreement or consensus is sought through proactive moderation of public as well as exclusive discourse and feedback [i].
2.5.2.1. Expert Feedback
Throughout the research process, feedback and discourse with the supervisor has naturally been decisive for the development and evolution of the project. Furthermore three co-supervisors, each his own subject expert in one of the relevant essential fields of the research, have been involved in the development and review of the research’s claims.
Once the analytic work had been completed, the results and propositions have been circulated among a wider group of subject experts (mostly academics).
During the last stage of the project the first complete draft has been send out to 35 experts who’s work has been used for this research. Subsequently feedback has been obtained and worked in from the following:
Table 2.2 - Obtained Expert Feedback
2.5.2.2. Wiki and Mailing List
Another source of feedback and discussion is the research project web-presence. Interested parties are able to review and comment on the work through an editable wiki space, where draft versions of the research were made available. Additionally a mailing list with the title “Entrepreneurial Practices in University” was created and served for the communication about particularly interesting findings and identified best practices.
Once the formal certification process is completed, the research findings will be published in a hyper-textual format in order to allow for user validation through feedback and collective rectification. This knowledge entrepreneurial use of the internet has been pioneered by Lawrence Lessig (2001) and his book “Code and other Laws in Cyberspace,” which he originally published as wiki and recently updated in a collectively revised edition. Hence, both instruments will be continued and developed further after the formal research project is terminated, wherein the validation and optimization process will be institutionalized.
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[i] As is consistent with the entrepreneurship  mindset attractor of pragmatism, which deploys cybernetic methods of system optimization through feedback.
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