Examining the Transformational Power of Entrepreneurship

Sherman, Cynthia L.; Arseneau, Eric; Kauanui, Sandra K.

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“…However, that does not imply the imagination of entrepreneurs automatically lead to artefact emergence. As Sherman et al (2018) note, entrepreneurship starts with a mental representation of the future, but only evolves through the interaction with and by building on the experiences of others. We follow Selden and Fletcher (2015) in considering artefacts to be emergent, which means that artefacts are a new or unexpected level of social order that results from an interaction between several different elements (e.g.…”

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Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship

Gaast

Leeuwen

Wertheim-Heck

2021

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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This paper presents the sustainable food entrepreneurship framework (SFEF). It aims to further the understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the sustainability transition of the food system, especially in the context of food system relocalization. The framework conceptualizes sustainable food entrepreneurship as a cyclical ongoing process of change. We argue this enables transcending the behaviour of entrepreneurs and their enterprises and map the ongoing development they fit into. The framework is based on literature reviews and expert interviews in the Dutch city-region of Almere-Flevoland. Theoretically, it expands on effectuation and bricolage theory, i.e. the 'resourcefulness perspective', that centres the socio-material context in the entrepreneurial process. The framework assumes the uncertainty of sustainability incites a cyclical process of change and implores entrepreneurs to reflect on the past before imagining the future. These imagined futures must be fitted to the socio-material context before emerging as artefacts (e.g. products, services or firms), which incites new uncertainties and a new cycle of change. Our framework has implications for policy and science. Its temporal dimension, that accentuates the continuous change entrepreneurship spurs, incites a reevaluation of terms such as 'success' and 'failure'. Moreover, it stresses the importance of intermediary actors in facilitating entrepreneurship.

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Section: Introducing the Concepts Of The Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%