Entrepreneurs, Ecosystems, and Accelerators

Roberts, Peter; Lall, Saurabh

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00042-4_2

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“…Donors should also consider involving local staff in their selection processes. Finally, capacity development organizations such as accelerators (like the ones contributing to this data set) are often the first sources of support for entrepreneurs aiming to grow their ventures (Roberts and Lall ). Here, we see considerable potential for accelerators to help bridge this “expat gap” by making donors more aware of locally led ventures and helping local entrepreneurs become more competitive for grant applications.…”

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The Expat Gap: Are Local‐Born Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries at a Disadvantage When Seeking Grant Funding?

Lall

Chen

Davidson

2019

Public Administration Review

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Donor agencies and foundations use grants to stimulate entrepreneurial growth in developing countries. However, some practitioners have asked whether these grants tend to flow to expatriate entrepreneurs with ties to developed countries (where most grants originate), rather than to local entrepreneurs. This article tackles this question using a data set of 3,434 nascent ventures from 92 developing countries. The authors find that ventures with ties to a developed country are significantly more likely to raise grant financing and in more substantial amounts. Ventures with a founder born in a developed country are the most likely to receive grants, with a weaker effect when considering prior work experience in a developed country. This “expat gap” cannot be explained by differences in education level, prior experience, or ties to other developing countries. Donors seeking to support local entrepreneurs in developing countries should consider ways to make their recruitment and selection processes more equitable.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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The Expat Gap: Are Local‐Born Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries at a Disadvantage When Seeking Grant Funding?

Lall

Chen

Davidson

2019

Public Administration Review

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“…Dedicated forums allow scholars to present work in progress in vivid ways and obtain feedback—which can help scholars cultivate differentiation and mitigate the peril of knowledge fragmentation. For example, scholars and practitioners convened a small conference at Emory University to build a shared understanding of accelerators which ignited new collaborations and edited volumes (e.g., Roberts and Lall, 2019). A single gathering can spark new coauthor relationships and inspire special issues that celebrate a phenomena’s theoretical potential.…”

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Navigating the promises and perils of researching emerging phenomena in strategy and organizations

O’Mahony

Cohen

2022

Strategic Organization

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Editors and reviewers often issue clarion calls for interesting research with novel theoretical contributions. In response to these calls, scholars often gravitate toward emerging phenomena – novel contexts lacking scholarly community or hot contexts with growing interest. However, simply examining novel and hot phenomena is insufficient to carve an “interesting” theoretical contribution. The promise of studying emerging phenomenon may be seductive, but doing so can also introduce under examined perils. We argue that novel and hot phenomena have distinct promises and perils that are under appreciated – with significant consequences for scholarly careers. Novel phenomena can provide first mover advantages to scholars and generate much interest but may constitute a lonely, risky journey if an appropriate theoretical community does not emerge. Hot topics attract significant attention, but can also be marked by conceptual confusion, fragmenting the accumulation of knowledge as scholars struggle to differentiate their work within a rapidly growing field. Yet what is considered novel or hot is dynamic. Scholarly interest in novel phenomena can wax, igniting fascination and become hot or wane with skeptical, uncertain acceptance, influencing both promises and perils. We contribute strategies to help strategy and organization scholars mitigate the perils and amplify the promises of theorizing from novel and hot phenomena.

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“…Aisenberg et al (2019) extended this academic debate, focussing on the policy required for developing a stronger ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and social enterprises in the country. Moreover, recent studies have highlighted the important role of intermediaries such as mentors, support infrastructures and networks on the improvement of the entrepreneurship profile of SPOs (Roberts and Lall, 2019). The complexity of the study of social entrepreneurship ecosystems increases when the phenomenon is explored in the context of emerging economies.…”

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“…Moreover, recent studies have highlighted the important role of intermediaries such as mentors, support infrastructures, and networks on the improvement of the entrepreneurship profile of SPOs or NFPs (Roberts and Lall, 2019). The complexity of the study of social entrepreneurship ecosystems increases when the phenomenon is explored in the context of emerging economies.…”

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Intermediaries and social entrepreneurship identity: implications for business model innovation

Guerrero

Velasco

Mahto

2020

IJEBR

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PurposeThe authors propose a theoretical basis for understanding the role of ecosystem intermediaries in the configuration of social entrepreneurship identities in social purpose organisations (SPOs) and their business model innovations (BMIs).Design/methodology/approachAdopting a retrospective multiple-case study, the authors offer insights into the paths/elements that determine the building of 44 social entrepreneurship identities in the context of an emerging economy (Mexico).FindingsThe study sheds light on the role of intermediaries in the configuration of the entrepreneurial identities of Mexican SPOs and BMIs, as well as several externalities generated during the process of capturing the social and economic value, especially when social innovations are focussed on solving societal, economic and ecological social problems.Research limitations/implicationsThe first limitation is related to the analysis of intermediaries within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, which needs more conceptual and empirical evidence. The second limitation is that the analysis focussed only on intervened SPOs, as the authors did not control for non-intervened SPOs. Thus, this allows for future in-depth analysis of intermediary efficiency in a focus group (intervened SPOs) and a control group (non-intervened SPOs).Practical implicationsThe study also provides insights for Mexican SPOs on how a social entrepreneurship identity helps to capture the value creation of social innovations within an innovation ecosystem. Indeed, it is strongly aligned with the United Nations' Social Development Goals.Originality/valueThe study enhances the discussion about how intermediaries could encourage social entrepreneurial identity, as well as how intermediary intervention could facilitate the design and implementation of BMIs in the innovation ecosystem.

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Entrepreneurs, Ecosystems, and Accelerators

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The Expat Gap: Are Local‐Born Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries at a Disadvantage When Seeking Grant Funding?

The Expat Gap: Are Local‐Born Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries at a Disadvantage When Seeking Grant Funding?

Navigating the promises and perils of researching emerging phenomena in strategy and organizations

Intermediaries and social entrepreneurship identity: implications for business model innovation

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