Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities

Fitz-Koch, Sarah; Nordqvist, Mattias; Carter, Sara; Hunter, Erik

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“…Some studies [99,100] evidently reflect that agriculture entrepreneurship is positively associated with farmers' operational performance. While looking at the role of agriculture entrepreneurship in economic performance, Fitz-Koch, Nordqvist [1] note a significantly positive contribution of the former through innovative interventions in exploring niche and rewarding markets and their performance at market place to fetch better returns for their produce. This is mainly achieved by an increased understanding of consumer behavior and societal preferences leading to timely addressing their needs for his (farmer's) gain in terms of revenue and repute thus providing a basis for sustainable enterprise development.…”

Section: Agriculture Entrepreneurship and Agrarian Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Farmers' roles are changing in developing and emerging economies where they need to develop new skills to be competitive and more entrepreneurial [1]. Entrepreneurship is a process whereby individuals (entrepreneurs) and firms explore, create and exploit economic opportunities [2], leveraging their skills to push down uncertainties and enhance gains in a proactive way [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

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Far-reaching changes in the domestic and global markets are crafting big avenues for farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs. This study examines the agriculture entrepreneurship and farmers’ performance in the context of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A survey was conducted to collect primary data from three agricultural zones adjacent to the under-construction CPEC in Pakistan. According to the results, market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, innovation orientation, and opportunity recognition positively influence agriculture entrepreneurship thereby facilitating timely distribution of food commodities in ensuring food security. Our findings also indicate that uptake of entrepreneurship complements farmers’ marketing, operational and economic performance. These findings do imply that improving farmers’ entrepreneurial skills is the essential element for their improved performance in terms of locating potential markets and timely delivery of primary commodities, such as food items. It suggests that farmers might seek enormous economic opportunities arising from improved infrastructure, output linkages, connectivity and access to global markets through the CPEC. Based on the findings, the study provides implications for policymakers to channelize the potential endeavors for facilitating the farmers’ access to new markets and getting the foremost advantage of Belt and Road Initiative. The study also extends the existing literature on agriculture entrepreneurship-opportunity recognition and access to new markets in a befitting manner.

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Section: Agriculture Entrepreneurship and Agrarian Performancementioning

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Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

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“…Besides, our study also made a significant contribution to advancing the knowledge of VC syndication in tourism investment, with a valuable advantage of the industry-specific focus [21,69]. To date, there has been scant research on VC syndication in the tourism industry in a transition economy.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Although VC syndication is also becoming more popular as an industry phenomenon in the tourism industry, to the knowledge of the authors, studies on VC in the tourism and hospitality sectors are very scarce, let alone that on VC syndication more specifically. Moreover, the existing VC literature is built upon high-technology industries in well-established institutional environments [19,20], neglecting the fact that VC in the tourism and hospitality sectors in an emerging economy context may perform differently [21].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Distances Barriers to Sustainability for Venture Capital Syndication?

Liu

Jiang

2019

Sustainability

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This study aimed to explore how both geographic and industry distances, as potential barriers, affect the sustainability for venture capital (VC) syndication. Specifically, we examined the influences of initial public offering (IPO) activity as a market environment factor and foreign VC as a firm character on VC syndication in the tourism and hospitality sectors, together with the consideration of moderating effects of geographic and industry distances. Using a purposefully developed dataset of VC deals made in China, involving 645 VC firms and 592 VC-backed venture companies from 1991 to 2017, the empirical analysis indicated that both IPO activity and foreign VC were positively related to VC syndication. Geographic distance was found to negatively moderate the relationship between IPO activity and VC syndication; on the contrary, industry distance was found to positively moderate the relationship between foreign VC and VC syndication. These findings revealed that distances are not necessarily barriers to sustainability for VC syndication. This study provided an integrated view on the factors and barriers influencing the sustainability of VC syndication in tourism and hospitality sectors. It advances the knowledge of VC syndication in tourism investment and sheds light on sustainable entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality.

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“…In any case, to address these and other approaches in future studies related with agricultural entrepreneurship, for example, some recent reviews such as those performed by Fitz-Koch et al [107], Wuepper and Lybbert [108] and Dias et al [109] are suggested. Other studies, such as the following, may also bring about further interesting insights: Morris et al [110] and Dias and Franco [111].…”

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Agricultural Entrepreneurship in the European Union: Contributions for a Sustainable Development

Martinho

2020

Applied Sciences

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Entrepreneurship is sometimes seen as a glimmer of hope which may bring about some contribution towards improving economic dynamics and performance, specifically in the creation of employment by young people, in general, with further educational training, greater flexibility and who are better prepared for working with new technologies. However, entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector is, in certain circumstances, viewed as being something incompatible or, at least, difficult to implement. More scientific studies in these fields could provide interesting contributions on the road to highlighting new ideas inside the farming sector. In this framework, the objective of this study is to explore the entrepreneurship dimensions within the European Union agriculture towards a more sustainable sector. In fact, without an economic dimension in farm management, its sustainability in the medium and long run may be compromised, increasing the abandonment of farming, namely in more disadvantaged regions. For this, the literature which is available on the platform Web of Science relating to the following three topics was initially analysed: entrepreneurship, agriculture, and the European Union. This literature was clustered through the VOSviewer software, an interesting tool for performing bibliometric analysis. Secondly, statistical information related to European Union agricultural entrepreneurship considering empirical approaches was also explored. The analysis carried out shows that the realities across European Union countries are, in fact, different, where the instruments from the common agricultural policies, for example, may play a crucial role in promoting more farming entrepreneurship in a more sustainable way.

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Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities

Cited by 163 publications

References 141 publications

Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan

Are Distances Barriers to Sustainability for Venture Capital Syndication?

Agricultural Entrepreneurship in the European Union: Contributions for a Sustainable Development

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