A foreigner in a foreign country: examining biography and memoirs of Georg Mayer through reflexive agency

Zincir, Oya

doi:10.1108/jmh-12-2021-0068

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“…In a very similar vein, Zincir (2022) provides an interesting and thoughtful take on Georg Mayer, who was a Jewish entrepreneur living in Turkey before 1945 and was active for over 40 years. Zincir uses reflexive agency to explore various primary source documents on Mayer, including his own writings.…”

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Guest editorial: the early adolescence of entrepreneurship research

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Liguori³

2022

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Liguori³

2022

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“…They are molded by uncontrollable structural changes (i.e. economic and social) (Zincir, 2022). The combined contribution of both male and female entrepreneurs can be used to assess an economy's growth and strength.…”

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A two-decade history of women’s entrepreneurship research trajectories in developing economies context: perspectives from India

Dana

Chhabra

Agarwal

2023

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Purpose This paper seeks to add a historical perspective to the contemporary debate concerning women’s entrepreneurship in India. This study aims to explore the quantitative and qualitative research map of the research field of women’s entrepreneurship. Through this exploration, the authors aim to portray the historical and contemporary factors related to women’s entrepreneurship development in India, the problems and the opportunities. Future research opportunities are also identified based on the keyword analysis. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a systematic literature review to analyze the historical and theoretical perspectives of women’s entrepreneurship in India. The bibliometric analysis portrays the publication landscape, including the most popular journals, authors and countries, citation analysis and keyword analysis. The content analysis reveals the thematic clusters of the research field. Findings The content analysis of the management literature on women’s entrepreneurship reveals four primary clusters from the research: contextual embeddedness in women’s entrepreneurship, reasons for starting a business, microfinance interventions and empowerment of women entrepreneurs and marginalization dynamics for women entrepreneurs in India’s informal sector. The study also presents implications for policymakers and a women entrepreneurs’ development framework. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to comprehensively analyze the management literature on women’s entrepreneurship in India from a historical perspective. The study combines bibliometric mapping and content analysis for a holistic presentation of the research field of women’s entrepreneurship in India and future research opportunities.

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The principal–agent problem and its mitigation: a critical historical analysis

Yan,

Hyman

2024

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical historical analysis of the business (mis)behaviors and influencing factors that discourage enduring cooperation between principals and agents, to introduce strategies that embrace the social values, economic motivation and institutional designs historically adopted to curtail dishonest acts in international business and to inform an improved principal–agent theory that reflects principal–agent reciprocity as shaped by social, political, cultural, economic, strategic and ideological forces Design/methodology/approach The critical historical research method is used to analyze Chinese compradors and the foreign companies they served in pre-1949 China. Findings Business practitioners can extend orthodox principal–agent theory by scrutinizing the complex interactions between local agents and foreign companies. Instead of agents pursuing their economic interests exclusively, as posited by principal–agent theory, they also may pursue principal-shared interests (as suggested by stewardship theory) because of social norms and cultural values that can affect business-related choices and the social bonds built between principals and agents. Research limitations/implications The behaviors of compradors and foreign companies in pre-1949 China suggest international business practices for shaping social bonds between principals and agents and foreign principals’ creative efforts to enhance shared interests with local agents. Practical implications Understanding principal–agent theory’s limitations can help international management scholars and practitioners mitigate transaction partners’ dishonest acts. Originality/value A critical historical analysis of intermediary businesspeople’s (mis)behavior in pre-1949 (1840–1949) China can inform the generalizability of principal–agent theory and contemporary business strategies for minimizing agents’ dishonest acts.

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A foreigner in a foreign country: examining biography and memoirs of Georg Mayer through reflexive agency

Cited by 3 publications

References 40 publications

Guest editorial: the early adolescence of entrepreneurship research

Guest editorial: the early adolescence of entrepreneurship research

A two-decade history of women’s entrepreneurship research trajectories in developing economies context: perspectives from India

The principal–agent problem and its mitigation: a critical historical analysis

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