79 research outputs found
Classification as a Factor in the Scientific Evolution of Entrepreneurship
Taxonomy, or the establishment of meaningful classification schemes, is examined as a major stage in the development of disciplines. The role of classification in the advancement of entrepreneurship is established Approaches to developing classification schemes, and criteria for assessing them, are discussed. Key classification schemes in five different areas within entrepreneurship are evaluated Shortcomings are noted, and priorities are established for taxonomic development. A framework is proposed for developing an integrative classification for the discipline of entrepreneurship
Legitimate to whom? The challenge of audience diversity and new venture legitimacy
We examine how entrepreneurs manage new venture legitimacy judgments across diverse audiences, so as to appear legitimate to the different audience groups that provide much needed financial resources for venture survival and growth. To do so, we first identify and describe the different mechanisms by which entrepreneurs can establish new venture legitimacy across diverse audiences. We then account for the institutional logics that characterize different new venture audience groups, and use this as a basis for uncovering how and why the legitimacy criteria for a new technology venture may vary depending on the audience. We then consider how leaders of entrepreneurial ventures may use framing as a means to manage legitimacy judgments across various audiences, and thereby improve their chances of accessing critical financial resources for venture survival and growth
Overcoming the liability of poorness: disadvantage, fragility, and the poverty entrepreneur
All entrepreneurs must overcome the liabilities of newness and smallness as they attempt to launch and grow a new venture. However, those in poverty face an even greater challenge due to a concept we introduce, known as the liability of poorness, which centers on literacy gaps, a scarcity mindset, intense non-business pressures, and the lack of a safety net. Each of these components of the liability of poorness contributes to the disadvantage and fragility of the enterprises confronting the poor. Implications of this fragility for venture dynamics as well as how some poverty entrepreneurs overcome this liability are explored. Research priorities are discussed for ongoing work on the liability of poorness
Enterpreneurship : theory, process, practice, 9th ed. / Kuratko
xxxii, 592 p.: ill.; tab.: 27,5 cm
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