Entrepreneurial states: A conceptual overview

Abstract

The emergence of newly prominent participants (NPPs) in global governance has led to a revival of scholarly interest in the concept of middle powers. Because NPPs do not share the characteristics of ''classical'' middle powers, analysts have attempted to salvage the concept by adding various qualifiers. In doing so, they have further reduced its analytical utility. The concept of ''entrepreneurial'' states extracts the valuable components of the literature on middle powers while avoiding the problems arising from the conflation of two elements of behaviour-strategic and purposive. Entrepreneurial states are countries that seek to gain the support of others in pursuit of their perceived interests in the international system. They may be supporters of the current system, or seek to change it fundamentally. We investigate what attributes are necessary for states to behave in an entrepreneurial manner through studies of both successful and failed attempts at policy entrepreneurship.

Linking Entrepreneurial Orientation, Learning Orientation, Organization Structure and the Growth of Government

“…Counterarguments have also been advanced to invalidate the arguments of public choice theorists. The fact that government is ine cient vis-à-vis the market (Krueger, 1974) is demysti ed by numerous scholarly works (Mazzucato, 2011(Mazzucato, , 2015Ravenhill, 2018;Knafo, 2019). The current study considers the determinants as discussed by public choice theorists.…”

As teorias e o caso

“…O segundo exemplo de teoria de alcance médio construído por acadêmicos de universidades brasileiras é o conceito de entrepreneurial powers desenvolvido por Guimarães e Almeida (2017) intitulado From Middle Powers to Entrepreneurial Powers in World Politics -Brazil's sucesses and failures in international crisis. Construído em parceria com Jon Ravenhill (2018), o conceito procura fugir das análises excessivamente estáticas e pouco behavioristas das potências médias e entender como esses países alcançam seus objetivos de política externa em crises internacionais. Na verdade, se trata mais de um subconceito de potências médias, voltado a capturar os aspectos mais performáticos e menos descritivos, do que um novo conceitomãe.…”

“…O conceito foi aplicado a Brasil, Canadá, México, Catar e Emirados Árabes. VerRavenhill (2018),Guimarães e Almeida (2018),Ennis (2018), Covarrubias e Schiavon (2018) eKirton (2018).…”