Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to                     Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity

Welter, Friederike; Baker, Ted; Audretsch, David B.; Gartner, William B.

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“…This is not to say that some high-tech firms will not eventually become HGFs -this is clearly not the case, especially in dynamic regional economies with strong levels of entrepreneurship and institutional conditions to promote technology companies such as Cambridge or London in the UK. The strong belief within the UK, and indeed most advanced economies , that high-tech sectors are significant generators of HGFs is, however, erroneous and misleading (Brännback et al 2011;Welter et al 2016). Despite robust evidence to the contrary, "there is still the popular belief among politicians that high tech sectors are the most likely to produce HGFs" (Moreno and Coad 2015, 14).…”

Section: Myth #2 Hgfs Are Predominantly High Techmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These 'lean venture' strategies minimise recourse to external capital in some entrepreneurial firms (Mohr et al 2014). Evidently, there are many entrepreneurial methods of achieving rapid growth which do not require recourse to equity finance (Welter et al 2016). …”

Section: Myth #4 Hgfs Are Mostly Vc-backedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, scholars have paid more attention to the localised environmental context mediating the entrepreneurial process (Welter 2011;Mason and Brown 2014;Welter et al 2016). Recent research shows that although HGFs are found in all regions and in all types of geographical environments (large cities, small towns, rural areas), there are geographical clusters that account for a disproportionate number of these firms (Motoyama and Danley 2012;Rice et al 2016).…”

Section: Myth #7 Hgfs Are the Same Irrespective Of Their Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to some, it is hard to overstate the impact of Birch's original work on gazelles for policymaking organisations such as the US Small Business Administration (Welter et al 2016). As Rehn et al (2013, 547) note, there is an ongoing "fascination with high growth companies" within the policy community.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, while the empirical literature surrounding HGFs has expanded considerably over the last decade, assumptions about these firms within public policy have failed to catch-up with the expanding evidence. This may also hinge on the fact that the bulk of entrepreneurship research continues to focus on high-growth, technology-enabled, venture capital-backed businesses such as Apple, Google and Amazon (Welter et al 2016). Scholars are critical of the over-emphasis on this "Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship", which in actual fact constitutes a "tiny group of outliers" yet drives much of "the direction of recent public policy" (Welter et al 2016, 2-3).…”

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Promoting high growth firms (HGFs) has become a strong fixation within enterprise policy. This is a debate article seeking to examine and challenge the mythology perpetuated by policy makers and embedded within high growth entrepreneurship policy frameworks. Within the article we argue that a number of distinctive 'myths' have become deeply embedded within these policy frameworks. Such myths have been built on misconceived preconceptions of HGFs, which has resulted in policy-makers taking a myopic view of these firms. A key aim of the paper is to highlight how false perceptions of HGFs translate into inappropriate policy interventions. The paper challenges some of the most commonly held myths about these firms (that they are predominantly young, small, high-tech, VC-backed, university spin-outs, who grow in an orderly organic fashion, operating similarly irrespective of location) and identifies a clear mismatch between how policy makers perceive HGFs and what they actually look like in reality. Suggestions for the design of future policy approaches are forwarded.

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Permaculture is a growing but little researched phenomenon emphasising care for the environment, equity, fair treatment of people and working with—and not against—nature. It thus represents a potential alternative to business as usual, capable of addressing fundamental challenges posed by human‐made climate change. The paper examines a previously ignored site of entrepreneurship by taking a practice perspective, exploring connections between the practice and growth of permaculture and institutional entrepreneurship. It assesses practice‐related and institutional factors affecting the start‐up and operation of permaculture enterprises in the United Kingdom. The study maps and surveys UK Permaculture Association members who have started up their own business and reports on qualitative data from personal interviews with twenty of them. Data analysis employs NVivo software and involves thematic analysis pertaining to the practice, institutional biographies and institutional portfolios of permaculture entrepreneurs. The findings show the importance of permaculture activists' institutional biographies and institutional portfolios to the start‐up and operation of permaculture enterprises and for shaping permaculture‐related practice. The contribution of the paper lies in how it balances attention to individual agency with subfield‐specific, organisational field and macrosocial factors in understanding ‘beyond profit’ entrepreneurship.

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The interaction and influence of digital and non‐digital structures, cultures and social norms on entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurs interact with other digital platform users to pursue opportunities and develop their businesses. However, although digital platforms are important for entrepreneurs, little empirical research exists on how entrepreneurs interact using digital platforms to meet their goals. Existing research is overwhelmingly conceptual, digital-centric, focused on high-growth entrepreneurship, and in countries in the global north. This paper addresses this gap with empirical evidence on how digital platforms are used for interacting by different types of entrepreneurs at different stages of development, in Trinidad and Tobago. It explains how online and offline structures, rules, social norms and culture interconnect to influence entrepreneurship using the theory and method of technology affordances and constraints, the entrepreneurial ecosystems concept, and a multi-qualitative method. K E Y W O R D S digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystem, technology affordances and constraint, Trinidad and Tobago Résumé Les entrepreneurs interagissent avec d'autres utilisateurs de plateformes numériques pour saisir des occasions et développer leurs entreprises. Cependant, malgré l'importance des plateformes numériques pour les entrepreneurs, peu de recherches empiriques portent sur la manière dont ces derniers les utilisent pour atteindre leurs objectifs. Les travaux existants sont majoritairement conceptuels, centrés sur le numérique, axés sur l'entrepreneuriat à forte croissance et réalisés dans les pays du Nord. Les auteurs de la présente étude comblent ces lacunes en apportant des preuves empiriques sur la manière dont les différents types d'entrepreneurs, à différents stades de développement, utilisent les plateformes numériques pour interagir à Trinité-et-Tobago. En s'appuyant sur la théorie et la méthode des possibilités et des contraintes technologiques, le concept d'écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity

Cited by 461 publications

References 55 publications

Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms

Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms

Institutional entrepreneurship and permaculture: A practice theory perspective

The interaction and influence of digital and non‐digital structures, cultures and social norms on entrepreneurship

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