Regional development through entrepreneurial exaptation: Epistemological displacement, affordances, and collective agency in rural regions

Gaddefors, Johan; Korsgaard, Steffen; Ingstrup, Mads Bruun

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.010

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“…Such practices make families and communities less exclusively reliant on the main farming activity, while providing new avenues for income as a hedge against cyclical pressure on the core farming business ( Alsos et al, 2014 ; Carter, 1998 , 2001 ). Processes of bricolage and exaptation are central to these well-documented processes ( Gaddefors et al, 2020 ; Garud et al, 2018 ); yet, unlike exaptation in the technological domain ( Andriani and Cattani, 2016 ; Ching, 2016 ; Dew and Sarasvathy, 2016 ; Garud et al, 2016 ), diversification in the rural context provides the means to establish resilience in the local economy wherein the value is determined as much by system-level resilience as by profitability or the resource-use efficiency of entrepreneurial enterprises. While rural contexts are uniquely informative on these points, there are similar contextual anecdotes emanating from urban areas that provide similarly compelling insights (see Hunt et al, 2019 ), though they are often more difficult to translate to resource-constrained and infrastructure-poor locales.…”

Section: A New Role For Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The myopia of thin contextualisation, as exemplified in the Silicon Valley template, ignores othered spatial manifestations such as rural entrepreneurship (Gaddefors et al, 2020; Hunt et al, 2019). Notably, an important implication of this is the application of evaluative measures involving growth and job creation, which are considered generic and aspatial.…”

Section: The Importance and Neglect Of Space In Entrepreneurship Resementioning

confidence: 99%

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COVID-19 and the importance of space in entrepreneurship research and policy

Korsgaard

Hunt²,

Townsend

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International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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Given the COVID-19 crisis, the importance of space in the global economic system has emerged as critical in a hitherto unprecedented way. Even as large-scale, globally operating digital platform enterprises find new ways to thrive in the midst of a crisis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) nestled in local economies have proven to be fragile to shocks, causing countless local economies to unravel in the face of severe challenges to survival. Here, we discuss the role of entrepreneurship in re-building local economies that are more resilient. Specifically, we take a spatial perspective and highlight how the COVID-19 crisis has uncovered problems in the current tendency for thin contextualisation and promotion of globalisation. Based on this critique, we outline new perspectives for thinking about the relationship between entrepreneurship, resilience and local economies. Here, a particular emphasis is given to resilience building through deeply contextualised policies and research, localised flows of products and labour, and the diversification of local economies.

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Section: The Importance and Neglect Of Space In Entrepreneurship Resementioning

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COVID-19 and the importance of space in entrepreneurship research and policy

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Hunt²,

Townsend

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International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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“…Hence, organisational thinness pictures a context that offers only a low-road to business networking with limited knowledge-sharing, which makes it necessary to compensate for missing linkages between companies inside and outside the region (Isaksen and Karlsen, 2016). As the empirical literature highlights (Gaddefors et al, 2020;Dubois, 2015), this context is often found with rural-peripheral regions.…”

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“…Organisationally thin regions are characterised by weaknesses in their endowment with industry clusters and business networks, and these regions are said to lack the necessary resources (investment, human capital and knowledge) to build sustainable innovation systems. Although organisational thinness can be found across various types of regions, it is most commonly discussed for rural (Gaddefors et al, 2020) and peripheral regions (Dubois, 2015). A common remedy proposed for companies in such regions, particularly SMEs, is access to resources stemming from external actors, for example, through engagement in business networks outside the region (Huggins and Johnston, 2009;Virkkala, 2007).…”

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Business networking in organisationally thin regions: a case study on network brokers, SMEs and knowledge-sharing

Leick

Gretzinger

2020

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PurposeResearch on business networks in organisationally thin regions, which are characterised by a low density and quality of business networks, is still in its infancy, while the facilitation of business networks receives increasing interest. The present paper combines both perspectives by investigating how different types of network brokers facilitate business networking and knowledge-sharing in organisationally thin regions.Design/methodology/approachBurt's theory on brokers in social networks is applied to knowledge-sharing in business networks for organisational thinness as context. A qualitative case study represents the empirical basis that describes network brokers from various domains in three different German case regions, which are characterised by organisational thinness.FindingsThe network brokers studied facilitate different types of business networks, and they use various levers to increase knowledge-sharing among companies in business networks. Two broker types emerge, private business-driven versus public policy-driven network brokers with distinct approaches to the facilitation of business networking and knowledge-sharing and different limitations due to organisational thinness.Practical implicationsCompanies, notably SMEs, in contexts characterised by low networking density and quality may benefit from various types of network brokers that foster business networking and instigate knowledge exchange. Public policy should embed activities of private brokers in existing SME assistance programmes to increase the quantity and quality of business networks.Originality/valueNetwork facilitation in regions with weaknesses in their endowment with industry clusters, business networks and innovative knowledge exchange is under-explored, and this paper contributes to shedding light on this topic with a case study.

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“…Epistemological Displacement, Affordances, and Collective Agency in Rural Regions stresses that "the creation of growth and development in rural regions presents a key challenge for both researchers and policy makers" (Gaddefors J., et al 2020). In their research study, the authors focus on the importance of expanding business as a mechanism for creating regional development in rural areas.…”

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Theoretical characteristics of using leverage instruments in the context of rural entrepreneurship

Korsaka¹,

Grīnberga-Zālīte²

2020

Economic Science for Rural Development

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Today, the matters pertaining to regional and urban development in the EU are increasingly integrated into EU development plans and strategies. The EU actively facilitates regional development by supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the regions to contribute to employment, education and social integration. The strategic goal of the National Development Plan of Latvia 2021-2027 is to promote also regional development in Latvia in order to ensure long-term balanced growth in the country. Promoting entrepreneurship in the regions is of great importance, as Latvia is still one of the countries in the European Union experiencing unbalanced regional development and having socio-economic disparities. Consequently, financial performance and financial stability play an important role in sustainable business development. Rural entrepreneurs whose business is seasonal often lack an awareness of the role of financial leverage degrees, which could lead to making wrong decisions. Performing an assessment of the degrees of financial leverage could be useful not only in a situation when experiencing a business expansion but also when a business decline occurs, which is specific to rural entrepreneurship. A hypothesis of the present research is based on the authors’ opinion that by meaningfully applying the degrees of financial leverage, it is possible to enhance the financial performance of enterprises, which is particularly important for rural entrepreneurship. The aim of the research is to define the degrees of financial leverage – the degree of operating leverage (DOL), the degree of financial leverage (DFL) and the degree of combined leverage (DCL) – as measures of financial performance of enterprises and classify the principles of measure assessment in relation to whether the indicator percentage changes used in financial leverage calculations are positive or negative. The research employed the following methods: induction – to make scientific assumptions and identify similarities based on individual elements – and deduction – to logically systematize and explain empirical data. Applying the empirical and logical construction methods, the authors analysed six different theoretically possible situations, gave six different examples, defined and classified the principles of leverage degree assessment as different (positive and negative) in relation to the indicator percentage changes used in financial leverage calculations.

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Regional development through entrepreneurial exaptation: Epistemological displacement, affordances, and collective agency in rural regions

Cited by 33 publications

References 73 publications

COVID-19 and the importance of space in entrepreneurship research and policy

COVID-19 and the importance of space in entrepreneurship research and policy

Business networking in organisationally thin regions: a case study on network brokers, SMEs and knowledge-sharing

Theoretical characteristics of using leverage instruments in the context of rural entrepreneurship

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