Entrepreneurial sons, patriarchy and the Colonels’ experiment in Thessaly, rural Greece

Bika, Zografia

doi:10.1080/08985626.2012.670915

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“…By structuring the attention and action of entrepreneurs, customers, suppliers and investors, institutions forge a shared sense of social reality (Thornton et al, 2011). Common institutional factors, for instance, that influence entrepreneurial activities are market conditions and property rights (Foss and Foss, 2008), family structure (Bika, 2012), formal policy (Murdock, 2012) and the availability of capital (Audretsch and Thurik, 2000). Inadequate institutional development can complicate new venture development (Mair and Marti, 2009) while a more developed institutional environment with overly restrictive regulation can hamper activities (Gurses and Ozcan, 2015).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Activities From An Institutional Theory Persmentioning

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Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Eijdenberg

Thompson

Verduijn

et al. 2019

IJEBR

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Purpose Entrepreneurship research in the context of developing countries has typically investigated the ways in which culture, politics or economic institutions prohibit or enable entrepreneurial activities using macro-level surveys and deductive designs. In contrast, the purpose of this paper is to take a micro-institutional perspective to study these three institutions influencing entrepreneurial activities in such a context. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on inductive, qualitative field data from a challenging institutional environment, Tanzania. This includes two focus groups, one with experts and one with entrepreneurs; and 24 individual interviews with entrepreneurs. Findings Entrepreneurial activities in Tanzania are not constrained only by bureaucracy and arbitrary enforcement, access to capital, competition and consumer spending, but also by language barriers, negative media portrayals and gender disparity. In their favour, recent trade policy, opening up of borders and changing gender relations, has led to more opportunities, but just as important are traditional festivals, marital gift-giving and familial support. Entrepreneurs respond to institutional constraints in many creative ways, including undertaking entrepreneurial strategies, developing inner strength, joining associations, giving back to communities and skilfully managing relations with authorities. Originality/value The fine-grained discussion of the findings of this study specifically contributes to theory by illustrating the constraining and enabling role of under-represented institutions, such as festivals and marriages, as well as entrepreneurial creative responses that define everyday entrepreneurial life in a developing country.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Activities From An Institutional Theory Persmentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Eijdenberg

Thompson

Verduijn

et al. 2019

IJEBR

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“…Family logic also received some initial scholarly attention in this period. Bika (2012) found that policies aiming to facilitate entrepreneurship together with increasing entrepreneurial activities act as external and unintentional agent, finally leading the long-standing family logic patriarchy to atrophy.…”

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“…As initial attempts, researchers could also test the impact of these institutional logics using smallscale samples and qualitative methods. A case in point is Bika (2012), who investigated the changing of family logic by an oral history approach; Leaptrott (2005), who explored the theoretical connections between family business and institutional theory; and the role of professional logic in Greenwood and Suddaby's (2006) investigation of the big five accounting firms. We commend these efforts and encourage further work along all types of logics in relation to entrepreneurship and their interplay.…”

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Beyond Red Tape and Fools: Institutional Theory in Entrepreneurship Research, 1992–2014

Zhai

Karlsson

2017

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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Institutional theory has become an increasingly common lens in entrepreneurship research. Over the past years, the number of entrepreneurship studies that adopt institutional perspective (EIn research) has grown dramatically. This review systematically examines extant EIn research, analyzing 194 articles published in 11 leading journals from 1992 to 2014. In this review, we focus on three characteristics of the articles: institutional logic, level of analysis, and methodology. Further, we identify three distinct periods of EIn research: the conceptual phase, 1992–2000, the exploration phase 2001–2007, and the acceptance phase 2008–2014. This allows us to provide detailed discussion on main characteristics of the articles and identify evolutionary trends of this research area. The overall surge of articles with institutional perspective in entrepreneurship research is promising. We can see an increasing variation of methods being applied and a growing mutual interest between entrepreneurship and institutional theory researchers. Yet, we find substantial biases and omissions in the application of institutional theory. There is a focus on national level analysis with assuming state and market logics. For EIn to move forward it has to move closer to field/industry level analysis and add new insights into entrepreneurship and alternative logics. Based on our framework and additional insights gained from the review, we outline directions for future EIn research.

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“…Some authors have studied the interplay between governments and individuals, indicating that the former often creates the conditions which in turn enable individuals to become change agents. Bika (2012) demonstrates this interplay for Greece: During its period of military dictatorship, in rural areas entrepreneurial sons from farming families were enabled to break away from traditional patriarchal structures which gave the family father all decision power and control over their lives. In an attempt to modernize Greece, the military regime introduced new farming methods, which, together with cheap credit and improved infrastructure, changed village life and farm families, emphasizing individuality, consumerism and entrepreneurship.…”

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Creative Forces for Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Change Agents

Welter¹,

Smallbone²

2019

Entrepreneurship and Context

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Entrepreneurial sons, patriarchy and the Colonels’ experiment in Thessaly, rural Greece

Cited by 20 publications

References 78 publications

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Beyond Red Tape and Fools: Institutional Theory in Entrepreneurship Research, 1992–2014

Creative Forces for Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Change Agents

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