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Contextual Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship
Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research
9781035320677 Edward Elgar Publishing
The contextual turn in the field of entrepreneurship means it is crucial for scholars to integrate into their research the multifaceted contexts in which entrepreneurship is embedded. This insightful book explores the different spatial, social, digital, institutional and policy contexts for entrepreneurship and investigates their relevance for entrepreneurship theory and practice.
This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
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The contextual turn in the field of entrepreneurship means it is crucial for scholars to integrate into their research the multifaceted contexts in which entrepreneurship is embedded. This insightful book explores the different spatial, social, digital, institutional and policy contexts for entrepreneurship and investigates their relevance for entrepreneurship theory and practice.
Featuring cutting-edge research, Contextual Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship presents a wide range of theoretical approaches undertaken to study entrepreneurial behaviour and processes, analysing their relevance to policy and practice. Chapters examine these approaches through the lens of specific issues and circumstances related to digital, edtech, social, international and peripheral entrepreneurship, exploring diverse perspectives and illustrating how different contexts shape entrepreneurial activity and its outcomes. The book ultimately demonstrates how changing environmental conditions for entrepreneurship – including crises, societal challenges and increasing digitalisation – can open up new avenues for research into the embeddedness of entrepreneurship.
Illustrating the continuous evolution of studies in entrepreneurship, this discerning book will stimulate the research of students and scholars of business and management. Its up-to-date empirical approaches and practical insights will also benefit entrepreneurship researchers and practitioners.
Featuring cutting-edge research, Contextual Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship presents a wide range of theoretical approaches undertaken to study entrepreneurial behaviour and processes, analysing their relevance to policy and practice. Chapters examine these approaches through the lens of specific issues and circumstances related to digital, edtech, social, international and peripheral entrepreneurship, exploring diverse perspectives and illustrating how different contexts shape entrepreneurial activity and its outcomes. The book ultimately demonstrates how changing environmental conditions for entrepreneurship – including crises, societal challenges and increasing digitalisation – can open up new avenues for research into the embeddedness of entrepreneurship.
Illustrating the continuous evolution of studies in entrepreneurship, this discerning book will stimulate the research of students and scholars of business and management. Its up-to-date empirical approaches and practical insights will also benefit entrepreneurship researchers and practitioners.
Critical Acclaim
‘The significance of context and embeddedness, and their intersections, are central concepts to our understanding of entrepreneurial behaviour and how this varies between multiple locations and over time. This edited book presents groundbreaking, empirical research from leading authors that addresses the role of place and institutional and digital embeddedness. The chapters offer detailed research, marshalling a variety of evidence to make links between what goes on inside the enterprise and the contexts in which they are situated. Collectively, the book illuminates the ways in which different levels of context and embeddedness shape entrepreneurial processes and, in doing so, makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and theorising on entrepreneurship.’
– Robert Blackburn, University of Liverpool Management School, UK
‘This is a wonderful book on how entrepreneurship is embedded in and across different contexts. The editors have assembled a great group of contributors who explore the multiple facets of contextual embeddedness, highlighting the role of places, institutions and digitization. The breadth of topics together with the manifold methodologies applied are an extra benefit of the anthology. Recommended reading for students of entrepreneurship!’
– Friederike Welter, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn and University of Siegen, Germany
– Robert Blackburn, University of Liverpool Management School, UK
‘This is a wonderful book on how entrepreneurship is embedded in and across different contexts. The editors have assembled a great group of contributors who explore the multiple facets of contextual embeddedness, highlighting the role of places, institutions and digitization. The breadth of topics together with the manifold methodologies applied are an extra benefit of the anthology. Recommended reading for students of entrepreneurship!’
– Friederike Welter, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn and University of Siegen, Germany
Contributors
Contributors: Antti Ainamo, Marcus Box, Luca Cacciolatti, Didier Chabaud, Irene Ciccarino, Spinder Dhaliwal, Sílvia Costa, Susanne Durst, François Gravié-Plande, Daria Hakola, Jarna Heinonen, Martine Hlady-Rispal, Anette Kairikko, Agnieszka Kurczewska, Tommy Larsson Segerlind, Youssouf Merouani, Paulina Rytkönen, Bhavesh Sarna, Romain Slitine, Lasse Torkkeli, Julita E. Wasilczuk, Mirela Xhenet
Contents
Contents:
1 An introduction to Contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship 1
Mirela Xheneti, Sílvia Dos Santos Fernandes Costa,
Jarna Heinonen and Agnieszka Kurczewska
PART I PLACE EMBEDDEDNESS
2 Surviving on the island: linking firm survival and
contextual factors in a peripheral region 12
Youssouf Merouani, Marcus Box, Tommy Larsson
Segerlind and Paulina Rytkönen
3 Entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems: a study on
connectedness and collaboration in the edtech community 32
Anette Kairikko, Spinder Dhaliwal and Luca Cacciolatti
4 Deconstructing how a sustainable business model shapes
value within a territorial ecosystem 53
François Gravié-Plandé and Martine Hlady-Rispal
5 The evolution of an organizational form from social
enterprise to territory enterprise 69
Romain Slitine and Didier Chabaud
PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND DIGITAL EMBEDDEDNESS
6 Comparative cases from Portuguese social innovation
public policy 89
Irene Ciccarino
7 Motivation behind alternative growth modes in SMEs:
a systematic literature review 107
Daria Hakola and Bhavesh Sarna
8 The role of external crises in international SMEs’ business
models: an institution-based view 137
Susanne Durst, Lasse Torkkeli and Antti Ainamo
9 I love to write and create. Can I earn money doing it?
Entrepreneurial process of bloggers 154
Julita E. Wasilczuk and Jarna Heinonen
Index
1 An introduction to Contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship 1
Mirela Xheneti, Sílvia Dos Santos Fernandes Costa,
Jarna Heinonen and Agnieszka Kurczewska
PART I PLACE EMBEDDEDNESS
2 Surviving on the island: linking firm survival and
contextual factors in a peripheral region 12
Youssouf Merouani, Marcus Box, Tommy Larsson
Segerlind and Paulina Rytkönen
3 Entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems: a study on
connectedness and collaboration in the edtech community 32
Anette Kairikko, Spinder Dhaliwal and Luca Cacciolatti
4 Deconstructing how a sustainable business model shapes
value within a territorial ecosystem 53
François Gravié-Plandé and Martine Hlady-Rispal
5 The evolution of an organizational form from social
enterprise to territory enterprise 69
Romain Slitine and Didier Chabaud
PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND DIGITAL EMBEDDEDNESS
6 Comparative cases from Portuguese social innovation
public policy 89
Irene Ciccarino
7 Motivation behind alternative growth modes in SMEs:
a systematic literature review 107
Daria Hakola and Bhavesh Sarna
8 The role of external crises in international SMEs’ business
models: an institution-based view 137
Susanne Durst, Lasse Torkkeli and Antti Ainamo
9 I love to write and create. Can I earn money doing it?
Entrepreneurial process of bloggers 154
Julita E. Wasilczuk and Jarna Heinonen
Index
