An exploration of entrepreneurs' identities and business growth

Ekinci, Yüksel; Gordon‐Wilson, Sianne; Slade, Adrian

doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2020.02.003

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“…Despite recognizing multiplicity as it relates to EI, existing research has hardly examined how entrepreneurs manage the multiplicity of role identities they occupy, particularly when they are building their organizations (see Ekinci et al, 2020 and Mathias & Williams, 2018 for two notable exceptions). Scholars have recently lamented the paucity of research in this area (e.g., Gruber & MacMillan, 2017; Shepherd et al, 2020) and called for more work to better understand role identity dynamics as they relate to EI, particularly beyond the founding stage (e.g., Gruber & MacMillan, 2017; Shepherd et al, 2020).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Identity As Propertymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the individual level, motivation to start a business—whether intrinsic or extrinsic—is often invoked. Intrinsic motivations ( n = 10) are associated with individuals who deliberately choose entrepreneurship among other possible work options and include, for example, self-fulfillment (Ekinci et al, 2020) or self-achievement (Jain et al, 2009). By contrast, extrinsic motivations ( n = 3) are associated with those who are pushed into entrepreneurship by external factors, such as Finnish farmers under pressure from policy makers to diversify their agricultural activities (Vesala & Vesala, 2010).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Identity As Propertymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, future research would benefit from examining EI by accounting more fully for entrepreneurs’ industries, ventures, and workspaces as possible sites for the construction and enactment of their identities. This might involve a move from viewing EI as a star to instead approaching it as an ensemble member (Pratt, 2020); that is, assessing how EI relates to other organizational dynamics like venture location, financing, and growth (e.g., Ekinci et al, 2020).…”

Section: Future Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Entrepreneurial Identity: A Review and Research Agenda

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Over the past three decades, research on entrepreneurial identity (EI) has grown particularly rapidly, yet in seemingly disparate directions. To lend structure to this fragmented field of inquiry, our systematic integrative review maps and integrates EI research based on antecedents, content, outcomes as well as their relationships. In so doing, we reveal that the field revolves around two primary conceptualizations of EI as Property or Process. We suggest future avenues for examining the interplay between EI and temporal, socio-cognitive, and spatial contexts, and for investigating and theorizing overlooked mechanisms of reconstructing and losing EI.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Identity As Propertymentioning

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Section: Entrepreneurial Identity As Propertymentioning

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“…E.g., in the distribution industry, export practices at the beginning are not recommended due to lack of experience and the risk of big failure [5]. Building a startup company can not be isolated from the impact of experts in their field [31].…”

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Preparing the Startup Ecosystem for Building a New Startup Business During Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review

Wulandari

Subriadi

2021

IJECS

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The success of the startup planning in the early stages of business development would make it easier to achieve the business target and proceed to the next phase. This study aims to obtain information on each ecosystem element's role in the early stages of startup development. The literature review method was adopted by collecting the last ten years of journals. Forty-six primary journals were generated from filtering the journals with relevant topic issues. Then 17% of the evaluation type journals, 24% of validation journals and solutions, and 35% of experience journals. The Results are the ecosystem element's position at the startup growth stage in general. This knowledge could assist the founders' research plan for startup market creation to mitigate startup failure rates in the first few years. Guidance on several topics that apply to further study also provides in this journal.

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“…Still, the concept has implications in more than 22 research areas. Entrepreneurs stimulate existing companies to innovate and improve their products, ensuring their profit, and increasing the level of satisfaction and, implicitly, the standard of living of consumers [5]. An entrepreneurial economy is characterized by intense competition and the fact that new economic operators are continually emerging that are taking less efficient companies off the market [12].…”

Section: The Theoretical Approach Of Entrepreneurship In Romaniamentioning

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Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from Romanian Entrepreneurs

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Ivan

Decembrie³

2020

International Conference Innovative Business Management &Amp; Global Entrepreneurship (IBMAGE 2020)

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Nowadays, one of the essential issues of any business is represented by CSR. Corporate Social Responsibility is also known, from a European view, as the “Responsible Business Conduct” of everyone, and so this paper highlights the importance of being responsible from early beginnings. Being actual “revolutionary forces”, entrepreneurs contribute to national wealth and growth, job creation, productivity stimulation, adaptation and innovation to meet ongoing changes in market demands. We analyze the conduct of young entrepreneurs and discuss their knowledge in the matter of CSR. We ask young entrepreneurs: What type of CSR actions their firms undertake? How their age and size of the firm influence CSR actions? Their answers are to be analyzed and discussed in a broader context as one of the European Union. Measuring CSR awareness among young entrepreneurs shows a significant increase at a macro level but still a low rate when looking at other UE countries. Our findings prove that entrepreneurs are aware of the concept and dimensions of CSR, but still, profit is more important. We conclude and highlight the importance of productive entrepreneurial activities supported by integrating CSR actions into the company’s strategy and development directions to ensure the balance between the company’s objectives and its interests.

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An exploration of entrepreneurs' identities and business growth

Cited by 16 publications

References 71 publications

Entrepreneurial Identity: A Review and Research Agenda

Entrepreneurial Identity: A Review and Research Agenda

Preparing the Startup Ecosystem for Building a New Startup Business During Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review

Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship - Evidence from Romanian Entrepreneurs

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