Entrepreneurship and Culture: The New Social Paradigm

The classic paradigm of entrepreneurship emphasizes the universal and homogeneous responses of a small, influential minority, while state-of-the-art research acknowledges a wider array of cultural, psychological, and environmental contexts, influences, and responses. Entrepreneurship and Culture provides alternative perspectives and presents the latest state of knowledge on the topic, making it valuable to advanced students, academics, and practitioners in entrepreneurship, international business, leadership, and organizational studies, as well as anthropology, economic development, and indigenous studies scholars.

Format: Hardback
Length: 16 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The traditional and prevailing paradigm of entrepreneurship emphasizes the relatively universal and homogeneous reactions of a small but influential minority as they make unique and groundbreaking contributions. Entrepreneurs are frequently portrayed as inspired individualists who possess the bravery to defy convention and risk everything in pursuit of an impassioned vision. According to Joseph Schumpeter and those who build upon his seminal perspectives, such entrepreneurial individuals pursue a path of creative destruction that clears the way for true and innovative progress.

Today, state-of-the-art research is tempering and transcending this classic vision by acknowledging a broader range of cultural, psychological, and environmental contexts, influences, and responses. This monograph contributes to this research stream by viewing entrepreneurs within a cultural perspective and advocating for viewing entrepreneurship in culturally competent ways. Presenting these perspectives in a concise and circumscribed volume provides an elegant and influential means of disseminating these important perspectives.

Entrepreneurship and Culture expands beyond popular and conventional views of entrepreneurship and provides readers with alternative perspectives in even-handed ways. It showcases the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of value to advanced students, as well as academics and practitioners in the fields of entrepreneurship, international business, leadership, and organizational studies. Beyond the business school, this book will also be of interest to anthropology, economic development, and indigenous studies scholars.

Weight: 581g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032025391