Interstanding the industrial district: contrasting conceptual images as a road to insight

Role and impact of the environment on entrepreneurial learning

“…In the first category, the research studies the idea of 'communities of practice' through different approaches, such as the network (Lefebvre, Radu Lefebvre, and Simon 2015;Tjosvold and Weicker 1993), the construction of entrepreneur identity (Howorth, Smith, and Parkinson 2012), creative conversations with the local entrepreneurial community (Johannisson et al 2007), the culture of communities (Dana and Light 2011) and the social constituents of the community in question (Robinson and Shumar 2014). In the second category, we placed the research that deals more precisely with the mutual individual-company influence in the construction of learning.…”

“…The researchers show how reflexive thinking and community of practice contribute to identity construction and psychological security for entrepreneurs, who must know how to simultaneously juggle social and economic goals. Effect of social learning on ways of learning and developing entrepreneurial activity anna et al (2000) process of environmental legitimisation o'neil and ucbasaran (2016) Effect of rapid internationalisation on the acquisition of entrepreneurial knowledge De Clercq et al (2012) In research carried out in Sweden, Johannisson et al (2007) presents his concept of 'interstanding' based on a learning process defined by interaction between students, teachers and members of the local entrepreneurial community (entrepreneurs and stakeholders). The interactions are defined by creative conversations as well as discussions of theoretical models and empirical approaches to entrepreneurship between different members of the community and students.…”

Catching Regional Development Dreams: A Study of Cluster Initiatives as Intermediaries

“…They include different types of actors that both compete and cooperate with regard to technologies and markets (Johannisson et al, 2007).…”

Locality and internationalization of family firms

“…The special issue seeks to contribute to a better understanding of how the local roots of family firms influence strategy at both the firm and the family level, and how family firms can turn their local roots and regional embeddedness into a competitive advantage resulting in superior performance. The context where family firms develop local roots may exhibit long established or growing localized capabilities, based on tradition and know-how, which can strengthen/weaken competitive advantages, (Johannisson et al 2007). Firms that develop strong local roots may benefit from diverse resources (e.g.…”