Humanistic entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial career commitment

Kupferberg, Feiwel

doi:10.1080/08985629800000010

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“…Thus, an entrepreneur or firm that has managed to improve on or build a good reputation will have more probability of surviving and obtaining higher profits. However, undertaking activities that damage this intangible may have negative repercussions for the organisation that make it complicated to forge a new reputation or recover lost prestige (Kupferberg 1998;Michalisin et al 2000;Lechner and Dowling 2003). Therefore we suggest that:…”

Section: Relational Capitalmentioning

confidence: 94%

The role of intellectual capital in the success of new ventures

2010

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Identifying the factors that contribute to the success of new ventures is a difficult and challenging task. In that respect, this paper proposes an analysis of the intellectual capital within new business ventures. Based on the study of a sample of 130 new companies, for the purpose of this work we have analysed the influence of the proposed intangible assets on the success of newly-created organizations, acknowledging the key role of the human and relational capital in the first few years of the life of the business.

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Section: Relational Capitalmentioning

confidence: 94%

The role of intellectual capital in the success of new ventures

2010

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“…Bloch (2005) proposed a career development model based on non-linear dynamics, in which career change is a complex entitative entity and relationships between different aspects are more important than the structure and process of traditional career theories, stressing the role of unexplained trajectories and relational networks. This emergent, complex and narrative perspective on careers is found in other writers on entrepreneurial and managers' careers, such as Kupferberg (1998) and Watson and Harris (1999), in which the notion of career progression is replaced by emergence. However Mallon and Cohen (2001) remarked that there had been little exploration of the role of self-employment and entrepreneurship in the emerging literature on new career patterns, whilst writers on self-employment did not connect with the new careers literature.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Mid‐career entrepreneurial learning

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2005

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Purpose -Recent research on entrepreneurship education has emphasised school, college and university students, with less attention being paid to entrepreneurial learning among people in older age groups. However the ageing population of the UK and other developed countries means that there is a need for an increasing proportion of the existing working population, from a broad social and demographic background, to develop entrepreneurial skills in mid-career in order to find new opportunities for economic activity and to extend their working lives. This goal requires better understanding of the learning needs and processes of mid-career entrepreneurs (MCEs) between the ages of 35 and 55. This article aims to enhance the understanding of mid-career entrepreneurial learning by exploring how and why people develop entrepreneurial skills in mid-career, how these skills are deployed in working on opportunities, what types of learning are most effective, and conclusions for the design of MCE learning experiences. Design/methodology/approach -A research method was used with emergent MCEs participating in a postgraduate entrepreneurship module. This evaluated learning, skill acquisition and practice to inform both learner and educator. Findings -This paper explores the types of opportunities identified and the learning methods used. It proposes implications for mid-career learners based on a framework for entrepreneurial learning, in the context of the broader perspectives of mid-career and mid-life change and development. It develops a career stage model for entrepreneurship, and discusses the implications for the design of learning programmes for MCEs. Research limitations/implications -MCEs have enhanced lifelong and work-based learning and experience compared with younger people, but display great variety in their aspirations, work and career experience, educational attainment, ethnic and national diversity, and participation in social networks. The article proposes ways of enhancing mid-career entrepreneurial learning. Originality/value -This paper makes a distinctive contribution to the understanding of entrepreneurial learning in a significant age group.

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“…They cannot be treated as independent and im puted with an intrinsic law of their own because they are embedded in the social framework. From the sociological perspective, rather than a logic of the state of nature, technological production, chemical laboratory, or psychological im pulses, there is an underlying logic of social processes, relations and changes -the logic of social structure and culture ( Davidson 1995) conducive to 'humanistic entrepreneurship' ( Kupferberg 1998) as opposed to undersocialized economic animals or robots. W ithin the sociology of enterprise, the social context is the factor that exerts a critical impact on entrepreneurship and related economic actions, the setting in which these actions take place, and the realm in which their ends are established.…”

Section: I Lan Zafi Rovskimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Entrepreneurs are thus more than incarnations of homo economicus as the perfect 'embodiment of economic rationality' ( Parsons and Smelser 1965: 3) . Rather, they appear as what Keynes ( 1936: 150) terms 'individuals of sanguine temperament and constructive impulses' who engage in entrepreneurship as a way of life and thus with career commitments ( Kupferberg 1998) . As such, entrepreneurs rarely rely on a 'precise calculation of prospective pro t {alone}' Keynes ( 1936: 150) .…”

Section: Challenging the Conventional W Isdom About Entrepreneurs In mentioning

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“…Then an alternative approach is outlined, applied and evaluated based on the principles of economic sociology, particularly the sociology of enterprise. There is a paucity of such alternative e orts within mainstream business economics, with certain exceptions in this journal ( J ohannisson et al 1994, Davidson 1995, J ohannisson 1995, M oensted 1995, Kupferberg 1998) and elsewhere ( for some recent examples and reviews, see Bowles 1998, Hodgson 1998 . Hence the intended contribution of this work is to mitigate this situation in the mainstream.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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