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 leads 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 Food systems in transition: conceptualising sustainable food entrepreneurship 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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Plan-and-play in the polder: exploring the lived futures of sustainable food entrepreneurship in Flevoland

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Chapter 1 General introduction 1.1 Introduction -Beyond the gap of dreams and deeds 1.2 Empirical context: food system transformation and entrepreneurship in Flevoland, the Netherlands 1.2.1 Food system transformation in the Netherlands 1.2.2 Entrepreneurship in Flevoland: pioneering the past, present and future of food 1.3 Scientific context: food, futures and entrepreneurship 1.3.1 Future in society and social science: the future versus futures 1.3.2 Entrepreneurship: discovering the future versus imagining futures 1.3.3 Food entrepreneurship: process of change versus economic agency 1.3.4 Towards a new perspective: sustainable food entrepreneurship 1.4 Research objective and knowledge gap 1.5 Research questions 1.6 Theoretical and conceptual approach 1.6.1 Lived futures and the practice-turn of entrepreneurship 1.6.2 Three lenses: practice, discourse and process 1.6.3 Conceptual understanding of food system transformation and sustainability 1.7 Research approach and methods 1.8 Outline of this thesis Chapter 2 Food systems in transition: conceptualising sustainable food entrepreneurship Abstract 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Materials and methods 2.2.1 Literature reviews (I and II) 2.2.2 Expert interviews and the setting of Almere, Flevoland (III) 2.3 The sustainable food entrepreneurship framework (SFEF) 2.3.1 Introducing the concepts of the framework 2.3.2 From socio-material context to experienced pasts: food as a cultural product 2.3.3 From experienced pasts to imagined futures: organisation and cooperation 2.3.4 From imagined futures to socio-material context: matching meaning and materials 2.3.5 From socio-material context to new uncertainties: ongoing cycles of change 2.4 Discussion 2.4.1 Scope and limitations of the framework 2.4.2 Implications of the framework 2.4.3 Policy implications 2.5 Conclusion Chapter 3 Sustainability in times of disruption: engaging with near and distant futures in practices of food entrepreneurship Abstract 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theoretical framework 3.2.1 Practice ontology and disruption 3.2.2 Future engagement 3.2.3 Near and distant future engagement 3.2.4 Context: Food entrepreneurship in Flevoland, the Netherlands 3.3 Methods and materials 3.4 Findings 3.4.1 The impact of the disruption on food entrepreneurship 3.4.2 Change in food entrepreneurship during the disruption: working and market conditions 3.4.3 Engagement with near and distant futures during the disruption 3.5 Discussion and conclusion 3.5.1 Limitations and future directions of research Chapter 4 Mission accomplished? How food entrepreneurship discursively constructs futures for sustainable food Abstract 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical framework 4.2.1 Critical discourse analysis 4.2.2 Food entrepreneurship and the discursive construction of the future 4.2.3 The spacetime configuration framework 4.3 Context and methods 4.3.1 Context: food entrepreneurship in Flevoland, the Netherlands 4.3.2 Critical discourse analysis, websites, and spacetime configuration 4.3.3 Sampling and data collection 4.3.4 Coding 4.3.5 Analysis a...

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Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship

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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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Investigating the impact of the dynamics of entrepreneurial intentions on ventures’ formalization

Mbena¹,

Durst

Kraus

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Purpose To overcome economic hardship and survival, informal entrepreneurs must continually activate specific resilience capabilities and reassess their entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Accordingly, they may develop transformational characteristics to design a model supporting intersectorial business growth. This study aims to examine the EI ecosystem of change resulting from the above endeavors and proposes an entrepreneurial intention transformation model (EITM). Design/methodology/approach Using the EI questionnaire developed by Liñán and Chen, data was collected from street vendors in the main markets of the Cameroonian capital (N = 307) to capture the determinants of behavior reflecting the propensity to activate entrepreneurial events within informal ventures. Findings It was uncovered that perceived collective support, resilience, orientation capability and inferred policies influence the dynamics of EI in the informal sector. Additionally, while revisiting current entrepreneurial lifecycle models, the study distinguished between the entrepreneurial events of “renegare” and formalization. Furthermore, the construction of an informal entrepreneurial lifecycle model confirms the need to acknowledge the formalization and “deformalization” processes as integrative parts of an intersectorial entrepreneurial lifecycle model. Originality/value This study extends existing research by proposing an intersectorial entrepreneurial lifecycle to recognize the dynamics of EI on ventures’ formalization. The EITM encompasses the EI dynamic process model and the proposed entrepreneurial lifecycle.

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Examining the Transformational Power of Entrepreneurship

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Plan-and-play in the polder: exploring the lived futures of sustainable food entrepreneurship in Flevoland

Plan-and-play in the polder: exploring the lived futures of sustainable food entrepreneurship in Flevoland

Food systems in transition: conceptualizing sustainable food entrepreneurship

Investigating the impact of the dynamics of entrepreneurial intentions on ventures’ formalization

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