Time to call time on emerging markets: a critique and a new agenda

Akbar, Yusaf H.

doi:10.1108/cpoib-12-2021-0108

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“…In contrast, those in low-income settings in emerging markets struggle due to a lack of opportunities and unmet basic needs. The concept of emerging markets has recently been criticized for glossing over the heterogeneity between and within these markets (Akbar, 2022). To highlight this heterogeneity, we focus on two aspects that distinguish the impoverished from the more affluent populations in emerging markets: low income and lived reality.…”

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Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low‐Income Settings in Emerging Markets

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Matos

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British J of Management

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Management scholars increasingly conduct qualitative research in low-income settings in emerging markets. These large communities, which often operate in the informal economy and cut across national boundaries, face enormous challenges in meeting basic needs. Nevertheless, low-income settings have not received separate methodological attention and are often subsumed instead under the more general and homogenous category of emerging markets. We argue that application of Western methodological conventions to low-income settings may result in decontextualized and distorted knowledge that does not advance societal betterment. We characterize research that strictly follows methodological rules and steps, with limited contextualization for low-income settings as 'rigourby-convention'. In turn, we introduce the alternative concept of 'rigour-within-context', which reconciles the seemingly opposing goals of rigorous and contextualized research. In this approach, researchers contextualize their research, even if this means deviating from established conventions. Hence, rigour should be judged by its internal logic rather than by external rules or templates not designed to capture key insights from low-income settings. We conclude by recommending the means through which contextualized research on low-income settings can be conducted.

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Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low‐Income Settings in Emerging Markets

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“…Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, with a population of over 200 million people. By studying the operations of SEs, IB researchers and practitioners can better understand the role MNEs can play and the relationship between SEs and IIs in emerging markets with distinct institutional environments where diverse impact investing opportunities exist (Akbar, 2023).…”

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Partnering for impact: unveiling the dynamics of collaboration between social enterprises and impact investors in emerging economies

Emmanuel,

Wijewardena,

Rammal

et al. 2023

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Purpose This study empirically aims to examine the collaboration between social enterprises (SEs) and impact investors (IIs), which are organisations with similar interests but with distinct logics, and in high demand in emerging economies with complex problems. Despite the significant economic contributions of these organisations, there have been limited studies examining how they collaborate in different contexts, including theoretical insights explaining how they gain partner fit from resource synergy. Design/methodology/approach Mainstream businesses use the compatibility and complementarity concepts to examine buyer–supplier strategic alliances. Using similar concepts in the context of hybrid organisations, the authors interviewed six pairs of SEs and IIs with dyadic relations in Nigeria, aiming to deeply understand how they align dissimilar logics in pursuing common goals in emerging economies. Findings The authors’ findings revealed how compatibility criteria from the institutional logics perspective and complementarity from social exchange theory guide collaboration between SEs and IIs in an emerging economy. Using these theories provides new insights that distinguish SEs and IIs collaboration from conventional theories on the internationalisation of businesses, which remained insufficient for understanding the cross-border operations of SEs. Practical implications The study holds practical implications for organisations, regardless of their size, international investors, governments, organisations and individuals desiring to pursue sustainable business agendas in emerging economies with huge impact opportunities and the process involved. Originality/value The outcomes of this study extend knowledge of the theoretical lens examining collaborative entrepreneurship from the perspective of hybrid organisations. It also challenged existing knowledge on collaboration between SEs and IIs, often characterised by potential tensions due to the dissimilarity of institutional logics of actors.

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Time to call time on emerging markets: a critique and a new agenda

Cited by 2 publications

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Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low‐Income Settings in Emerging Markets

Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low‐Income Settings in Emerging Markets

Partnering for impact: unveiling the dynamics of collaboration between social enterprises and impact investors in emerging economies

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