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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The significance of context and embeddedness, and their intersections, are central concepts to our understanding of entrepreneurial behaviour and how this varies between multiple locations and over time. This edited book presents groundbreaking, empirical research from leading authors that addresses the role of place and institutional and digital embeddedness. The chapters offer detailed research, marshalling a variety of evidence to make links between what goes on inside the enterprise and the contexts in which they are situated. Collectively, the book illuminates the ways in which different levels of context and embeddedness shape entrepreneurial processes and, in doing so, makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and theorising on entrepreneurship.’ -- Robert Blackburn, University of Liverpool Management School, UK
‘This is a wonderful book on how entrepreneurship is embedded in and across different contexts. The editors have assembled a great group of contributors who explore the multiple facets of contextual embeddedness, highlighting the role of places, institutions and digitization. The breadth of topics together with the manifold methodologies applied are an extra benefit of the anthology. Recommended reading for students of entrepreneurship!’ -- Friederike Welter, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn and University of Siegen, Germany
Table of ContentsContents: 1 An introduction to Contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship 1 Mirela Xheneti, Sílvia Dos Santos Fernandes Costa, Jarna Heinonen and Agnieszka Kurczewska PART I PLACE EMBEDDEDNESS 2 Surviving on the island: linking firm survival and contextual factors in a peripheral region 12 Youssouf Merouani, Marcus Box, Tommy Larsson Segerlind and Paulina Rytkönen 3 Entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems: a study on connectedness and collaboration in the edtech community 32 Anette Kairikko, Spinder Dhaliwal and Luca Cacciolatti 4 Deconstructing how a sustainable business model shapes value within a territorial ecosystem 53 François Gravié-Plandé and Martine Hlady-Rispal 5 The evolution of an organizational form from social enterprise to territory enterprise 69 Romain Slitine and Didier Chabaud PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND DIGITAL EMBEDDEDNESS 6 Comparative cases from Portuguese social innovation public policy 89 Irene Ciccarino 7 Motivation behind alternative growth modes in SMEs: a systematic literature review 107 Daria Hakola and Bhavesh Sarna 8 The role of external crises in international SMEs’ business models: an institution-based view 137 Susanne Durst, Lasse Torkkeli and Antti Ainamo 9 I love to write and create. Can I earn money doing it? Entrepreneurial process of bloggers 154 Julita E. Wasilczuk and Jarna Heinonen Index
