Entrepreneurship in Context

✍ Scribed by Marco van Gelderen (editor), Enno Masurel (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship 3
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Much research in entrepreneurship presents results as if they are universally and timelessly valid. Entrepreneurship in Context takes the opposite tack – it studies entrepreneurship as a context bound phenomenon. For entrepreneurship, the importance of context goes beyond gaining understanding and avoiding mistakes. The reciprocal influence exercised by the entrepreneurial venture and its corresponding context is at the very heart of the entrepreneur as an agent of change. The book addresses context in a narrow sense, i.e. a person’s life situation and local, situational characteristics. It also deals with wider contexts such as social, industry, cultural, ethnic, sustainability-related, institutional, and historical contexts. The book studies the interconnectedness of all these various sub-contexts. It zooms in on the actions that entrepreneurs take to involve, engage, and influence their context and shows the changing and dynamic nature of context. It provides lessons for entrepreneurs about which contextual elements should be prioritized, engaged and sought out.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Entrepreneurship in Context
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword: Tom Elfring
Part I: Introduction
1. Introduction to ‘Entrepreneurship in Context’: Marco van Gelderen, Karen Verduyn, and Enno Masurel
2. Some Reflections Concerning the Ethos and Ethics of Entrepreneurship: Frits Schipper
Part II: Micro-Context
3. Rhythmanalyzing the Emergence of the Republic of Tea: Karen Verduyn
4. Individualizing Entrepreneurship Education Putting Each Student Into Context: Marco van Gelderen
Part III: Engaging with Context
5. Contextualizing Entrepreneurship in Administered Markets: New Entrants’ Stakeholder Mobilization and Legitimacy Generation in Dutch Health Care: Eveline Stam-Hulsink & Willem Hulsink
6. Entrepreneurship for Environmentally Sustainable Design: Bart Bossink
7. Reducing Food Waste: An Opportunity for the Innovative Catering Entrepreneur: Gerry Kouwenhoven, Sergej Bulterman, & Vijayender Reddy
Part IV: Entrepreneurship as Context
8. Muslim Businesswomen Doing Boundary Work: The Negotiation of Islam, Gender, and Ethnicity Within Entrepreneurial Contexts: Caroline Essers & Yvonne Benschop
9. Social Capital as Networks of Networks: The Case of a Chinese Entrepreneur: Peter Peverelli & Lynda Jiwen Song
Part V: Wider Contextual Influences
10. Regions, Families, Religion Continuity and Change in Social Contexts of Entrepreneurship Between 1800 and 2000: Karel Davids
11. Contextualizing Chinese Indonesian Entrepreneurship: Juliette Koning
12. Entrepreneurship, Reverse Migration, and Social Change in a Comparative Perspective: Heidi Dahles
13. Mennonite Community-Based Entrepreneurship in Belize, Central America: Carel Roessingh
14. Entrepreneurship and Culture: Roy Thurik and Marcus Dejardin
Part VI: Descriptions of Context
15. The New Dutch Economy: ‘New and Colorful Entrepreneurship’: Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp
16. Entrepreneurial Competences in the Creative Sector: Empirical Evidence From Dutch Dance Teachers: Enno Masurel & Sentini Grunberg
17. Entrepreneurship and Science-Based Venturing: The Case of Vaccine Development: Esther Pronker, Ab Osterhaus, Eric Claassen, & Willem Hulsink
Contributors
Index