New venture creation and opportunity structure constraints: Indigenous-controlled development through joint ventures in the Canadian potash industry

Gordon, Moses; Kayseas, Bob; Moroz, Peter W.

doi:10.1080/13215906.2017.1291361

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“…Moreover, because Indigenous enterprises operate within the business, legal, technology, and financial frameworks set by mainstream culture, they also have a high level of exposure to mainstream culture. Indigenous entrepreneurs are not merely passive recipients of mainstream culture, but are active agents because their success relies on gaining trust for themselves and their enterprises in this context (Gordon et al, 2017;Henry et al, 2018;Maguirre et al, 2017). Thus, following the conceptualization by Jim enez (2010), for purely instrumental reasons, even an Indigenous entrepreneur strongly associated with their Indigenous culture may need to develop an affiliative identity in mainstream culture.…”

Section: Multicultural Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Family, community, and globalization: Wayuu indigenous entrepreneurs as n-Culturals

Tretiakov

Felzensztein

Zwerg

et al. 2020

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PurposeTo explore the cultural context of Indigenous family entrepreneurs and to apply to them the concept of n-Culturals, thus contributing to validating the concept.Design/methodology/approachInterview data collected from Wayuu entrepreneurs in La Guajira region of Colombia and from Māori entrepreneurs in the Rotorua region of New Zealand were analyzed qualitatively. The analysis primarily focused on Wayuu entrepreneurs, with the results for Māori entrepreneurs used for comparison, to help to interpret the Wayuu data.FindingsFor Wayuu entrepreneurs, family members play a range of crucial roles in enterprise operations, with the family and the kin-centered local Indigenous community emerging as an informal organization surrounding the enterprise. Family is the source of Indigenous culture, while the mainstream culture is centered on global Western business culture, rather than the culture of the country. The Indigenous entrepreneurs integrate the values of the two cultures in managing their enterprises, thus acting as n-Cultural. Māori entrepreneurs who managed enterprises with a strong Indigenous character were similar in this respect to Wayuu entrepreneurs.Social implicationsAs n-Culturals integrating the values of Indigenous culture and the mainstream culture, Indigenous entrepreneurs develop valuable traits, becoming a valuable component of the human capital in their regions, even when their enterprises fail.Originality/valueExisting research on multicultural individuals is largely limited to immigrants and expatriates. By characterizing Indigenous family entrepreneurs as n-Culturals, the present study contributes to validating the concept and opens the way for further research on how Indigenous entrepreneurs manage their multicultural identities.

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Section: Multicultural Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Family, community, and globalization: Wayuu indigenous entrepreneurs as n-Culturals

Tretiakov

Felzensztein

Zwerg

et al. 2020

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“…However, institutional theory, whether it be formal (laws) or informal (culture), establishes the rules of game for entrepreneurs (Boudreaux, Nikolaev, & Klein, 2019). Context shapes the activities of entrepreneurs (Stephan, Uhlaner & Stride, 2015) and it also paves or hinders the pathway for any social-eco venture (Gordon, Kayseas, & Moroz, 2017). In summary, the theoretical underpinnings of SE define that context gives legitimacy and identity to social entrepreneurs (Arend, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects

Qamar

Ansari

Fatima

et al. 2020

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Social Entrepreneurship (SE) benefits the society by helping to achieve social and economic goals. SE is receiving scholarly attention around the globe but its development is still moderate in Pakistan. Despite the growing trend, the dominant focus of scholars remains the ideological debate about the meaning and definition of SE. Such an approach inhibits the exploration of its other facets. Casting the gap in literature, this paper aims to find out the challenges and prospects that social entrepreneurs face in their journey, specifically in Pakistan. Keeping in view the emerging importance of this sector, this study discusses the findings of 14 in-depth semi-structured interviews conducted with leading social entrepreneurs, practitioners and academicians related to the field to understand the phenomenon at hand. Drawing upon the findings of the study, useful insights have been put forth as its theoretical contribution. Moreover, local and national government can benefit from the findings to enhance consciousness regarding the fourth sector of the economy, eventually augmenting the available social capital.

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