Friederike Welter
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1674970 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Friederike Welter |
| NOMBRES | Friederike |
| APELLIDO | Welter |
| FIRMA | WELTER F |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Siegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4831-9523 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 133 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The interplay of context and entrepreneurship
In the eye of the beholder? Differentiating between SMEs and Mittelstand
A common fallacy is that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the translation for Mittelstand companies. Until today, no common, widely accepted, and consistently applied understanding of what constitutes the Mittelstand exists, and related international research is consequently less coherent as well as a strong evidence-base for policy makers lacking. Most empirical research has relied on data for SMEs, taking quantitative metrics on fi…
Die Situation von Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmern in der Corona-Pandemie
Einschränkungen im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie trafen und treffen auch die Tätigkeit von Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmern. Vielfältige Unterstützungsmaßnahmen sollen deren Folgen abmildern. Dieser Beitrag zeichnet die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den verschiedenen Branchen nach und gibt einen Überblick über die Unterstützungsmaßnahmen. Ausgehend von den Spezifika der von Frauen geführten Unternehmen wird danach gefragt, ob Unternehmerinnen und di…
Some Heuristics for Researchers Embracing a Critical Process Approach
In the previous chapter, we noted that “[t]he CPA (. . .) is critical because it takes practical and moral issue with the contours of power and privilege that channel who our research serves; it is a process because it recognizes that the attempt to open up to scrutiny and dismantle any reified assumption that serve powerful interests needs to be sustained and joined by multiple researchers; it is an approach , rather than a technique, because it…
Why It's Hard to Look Back Once You Have Embraced Contexts
It is our experience—and one that has been shared with us by a number of other entrepreneurship researchers—that once you engage in attempting to contextualize your work, it becomes hard to see entrepreneurship research through any other lens. Looking back at our own earlier work, many of us are filled with the recognition that our urge to quickly create widely generalizable findings caused us to miss too many opportunities to pay attention to co…
Constructing Contexts
As a building block towards our Critical Process Approach, we now turn to how entrepreneurs “do contexts”. We will discuss the construction of contexts in more detail, looking at enactment and the roles of language and imagery from a suggestively interdisciplinary perspective. The entrepreneurship field is a latecomer in this regard, moving in the wake of other disciplines with a long tradition of taking into consideration socially constructed co…
Synthesizing the Context Debate in Entrepreneurship Research
This chapter synthesizes some of the progress to date as a way to introduce some ideas about to how to continue the process of contextualizing entrepreneurship research and theory. Among entrepreneurship scholars, the context debate gathered momentum in the early part of this century. Studies on portfolio entrepreneurship, farm and micro-businesses in rural areas have long argued for a household perspective on entrepreneurship because households …
Why Contexts Play an Ever-Increasing Role in Entrepreneurship Research
This chapter briefly presents some arguments for why we need to continue progress on building a contextualized perspective in entrepreneurship research. Anthropologists, as well as scholars from a variety of liberal arts disciplines such as philosophy and literary studies, have struggled over how to choose and delimit how they contextualize their work. Drawing from the movement towards taking “environments” into consideration that swept organizat…
Problematizing, Making Choices and Asking Who Our Research Serves
Earlier, we introduced some common themes and patterns of contextualization and showed how entrepreneurship research has—or has not— dealt with contexts over time and what “doing context” implies. We then focused on how entrepreneurs themselves do context, discussing contextualization in terms of enactment, use of language and images. In this chapter we now will turn to theorizing contexts as a Critical Process Approach, attempting to go beyond w…
Narrating and Visualizing Contexts
There are many research approaches that can be put to good use in researching contexts empirically while applying a critical lens. Unfortunately, our “research methods seem to have become a context in itself, irrespective of whether those methods are the best fit with our research questions”, and irrespective of whether they are context-sensitive ( Brännback & Carsrud, 2016 , p. 21). In contrast, doing context critically implies a different way o…
The Diana project
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief history of the evolution of the Diana Project and the Diana International Research Conference. The authors examine the impact of the publications, conferences and research contributions and consider key factors in the success of this collaborative research organization. They discuss the ongoing legacy, suggesting ways to extend this into the future. Design/methodology/approach This paper use…
Contexts and gender – looking back and thinking forward
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship research and its main developments over time to identify promising future research avenues. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on the author’s extensive knowledge of the context-gender debate and on several recent overviews and reviews of the debate. It is written as essay, introducing its main themes through a personal ref…
Three waves and counting
A gendered look at entrepreneurship ecosystems
The German Mittelstand
The Mittelstand
Mittelstand companies are the backbone of the German economy: they constitute the vast majority of enterprises in Germany, contribute to employment, and are a pillar of the German apprenticeship system. The specific ownership–management structure of the Mittelstand used to go hand in hand with social, intergenerational, and regional responsibility. However, today’s very small and young entrepreneurs do not perceive themselves as Mittelstand; many…
Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity
This essay contrasts a perspective that places an excessive focus on technology businesses and growth with a view of entrepreneurship that embraces its heterogeneity. We challenge a taken–for–granted belief that only certain kinds of entrepreneurship might lead to wealth and job creation and additionally suggest that these two outcomes (wealth and job creation) need to be placed within a broader context of reasons, purposes, and values for why an…
Determinants of Business Insolvencies During Economic Growth and Recession in Latvia
Considering the importance of context in exploring the entrepreneurship phenomenon, this explorative paper addresses patterns of business insolvencies during economic growth as compared to the economic recession within the context of an advanced transition economy. Empirically, the paper draws on 15 face-to-face interviews with insolvency administrators in Latvia conducted in 2007, and a repeated survey of the same respondents conducted in 2009. …
Extending Women's Entrepreneurship Research in New Directions
The dramatic expansion of scholarly interest and activity in the field of women's entrepreneurship within recent years has done much to correct the historical inattention paid to female entrepreneurs and their initiatives. Yet, as the field continues to develop and mature, there are increasingly strong calls for scholars to take their research in new directions. Within this introduction to the special issue, we expand upon the reasons for this ca…
EU enlargement effects on cross-border informal entrepreneurial activities
Borderlands, as spaces of various forms of entrepreneurial activities, offer rich examples of informal entrepreneurial activities that depend on the border location to be developed and sustained. Although the socioeconomic contributions of informal activities have been widely acknowledged, little research has been conducted on the ways that enlargement of the European Union (EU), by affecting the openness/closedness of borders, affected the natur…
Institutional Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Behavior in Challenging Environments
This paper examines the institutional embeddedness of entrepreneurial behavior. The institutional context influences the nature, pace of development, and extent of entrepreneurship as well as the way entrepreneurs behave. This is particularly apparent in challenging environments such as emerging market and transition economies with an uncertain, ambiguous, and turbulent institutional framework. The paper develops suggestions as to how to extend t…
Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward
This paper sets out to explore contexts for entrepreneurship, illustrating how a contextualized view of entrepreneurship contributes to our understanding of the phenomenon. There is growing recognition in entrepreneurship research that economic behavior can be better understood within its historical, temporal, institutional, spatial, and social contexts, as these contexts provide individuals with opportunities and set boundaries for their actions…
Gender, context and entrepreneurial learning
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to offer an insight into gender, context and entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs in Germany. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs both conceptually and empirically. Section 1 introduces a conceptual framework, which allows analysing entrepreneurial learning both from an individual gender‐specific and from a context‐based perspective. Empirica…
Gender, Context and Entrepreneurial Learning
Sustaining entrepreneurship and economic growth
A gender‐aware framework for women's entrepreneurship
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds on an existing framework articulating the “3Ms” (markets, money and management) required for entrepreneurs to launch and grow ventures. Drawing on institutional theory, it is argued that this “3M” framework needs further development and…
Female entrepreneurship in transition economies
To date, little research has focused on female entrepreneurship in the context of transitioning countries. This paper compares from an institutional perspective two countries at different stages in the process of transformation. Lithuania followed a rapid transitional path leading to European Union membership, while Ukraine is on a much slower development path. Women entrepreneurs in Lithuania and Ukraine share many common features and problems; …
Contexts and gender – looking back and thinking forward
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship research and its main developments over time to identify promising future research avenues. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on the author’s extensive knowledge of the context-gender debate and on several recent overviews and reviews of the debate. It is written as essay, introducing its main themes through a personal ref…
EU enlargement effects on cross-border informal entrepreneurial activities
Borderlands, as spaces of various forms of entrepreneurial activities, offer rich examples of informal entrepreneurial activities that depend on the border location to be developed and sustained. Although the socioeconomic contributions of informal activities have been widely acknowledged, little research has been conducted on the ways that enlargement of the European Union (EU), by affecting the openness/closedness of borders, affected the natur…
Gender, context and entrepreneurial learning
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to offer an insight into gender, context and entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs in Germany. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs both conceptually and empirically. Section 1 introduces a conceptual framework, which allows analysing entrepreneurial learning both from an individual gender‐specific and from a context‐based perspective. Empirica…
Die Situation von Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmern in der Corona-Pandemie
Einschränkungen im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie trafen und treffen auch die Tätigkeit von Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmern. Vielfältige Unterstützungsmaßnahmen sollen deren Folgen abmildern. Dieser Beitrag zeichnet die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den verschiedenen Branchen nach und gibt einen Überblick über die Unterstützungsmaßnahmen. Ausgehend von den Spezifika der von Frauen geführten Unternehmen wird danach gefragt, ob Unternehmerinnen und di…
The Diana project
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief history of the evolution of the Diana Project and the Diana International Research Conference. The authors examine the impact of the publications, conferences and research contributions and consider key factors in the success of this collaborative research organization. They discuss the ongoing legacy, suggesting ways to extend this into the future. Design/methodology/approach This paper use…
Determinants of Business Insolvencies During Economic Growth and Recession in Latvia
Considering the importance of context in exploring the entrepreneurship phenomenon, this explorative paper addresses patterns of business insolvencies during economic growth as compared to the economic recession within the context of an advanced transition economy. Empirically, the paper draws on 15 face-to-face interviews with insolvency administrators in Latvia conducted in 2007, and a repeated survey of the same respondents conducted in 2009. …
Gender, Context and Entrepreneurial Learning
The Distinctiveness of Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
Netzwerke und Gründungen von Unternehmen durch Frauen.
Netzwerkbeziehungen tragen dazu bei, dass sich neue Unternehmen am Markt legitimieren. Sie ermöglichen einen raschen und oft exklusiven Informationsaustausch und leisten emotionale wie technische Unterstützung, insbesondere auch in der Gründungsphase eines Unternehmens. Gerade in den neunziger Jahren hat sich in Deutschland eine Vielzahl neuer - regionaler wie nationaler - Netzwerke für berufstätige und selbständige Frauen gegründet, zusätzlich z…
The Management Structure of the Network Societies of Small Enterprises and the Role of Trust
Главный редактор журнала -Радаев Вадим Валерьевич, д. э. н., зав.кафедрой экономической социологии ГУ-ВШЭ
Trust and Entrepreneurship
Contents: Introduction Part I: Concepts, Evolution, Measurements 1. The Concept of Trust: Some Notes on Definitions, Forms and Sources 2. Culture versus Branch? Looking at Trust and Entrepreneurial Behaviour from a Cultural and Sectoral Perspective 3. The Dark Side of Trust: Corruption and Entrepreneurship - A Cross-National Comparison between Emerging and Mature Market Economies 4. Social Capital in Western and Eastern Europe 5. A Societal View:…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Advancing a Framework for Coherent Research on Women's Entrepreneurship
Most would agree that the dramatic growth and participation of women in entrepreneurship and the expanding body of research creates a need for both generic and specific theoretical perspectives and research approaches to better understand this phenomenon. To address this need, we consider issues relevant to advancing a framework for women’s entrepreneurship research. However, it is not our intention to establish some reduced parameters for the st…
Female entrepreneurship in transition economies
To date, little research has focused on female entrepreneurship in the context of transitioning countries. This paper compares from an institutional perspective two countries at different stages in the process of transformation. Lithuania followed a rapid transitional path leading to European Union membership, while Ukraine is on a much slower development path. Women entrepreneurs in Lithuania and Ukraine share many common features and problems; …
Fostering entrepreneurship in distressed urban neighbourhoods
A gender‐aware framework for women's entrepreneurship
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds on an existing framework articulating the “3Ms” (markets, money and management) required for entrepreneurs to launch and grow ventures. Drawing on institutional theory, it is argued that this “3M” framework needs further development and…
Gender, context and entrepreneurial learning
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to offer an insight into gender, context and entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs in Germany. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs both conceptually and empirically. Section 1 introduces a conceptual framework, which allows analysing entrepreneurial learning both from an individual gender‐specific and from a context‐based perspective. Empirica…
Gender, Context and Entrepreneurial Learning
Sustaining entrepreneurship and economic growth
Institutional Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Behavior in Challenging Environments
This paper examines the institutional embeddedness of entrepreneurial behavior. The institutional context influences the nature, pace of development, and extent of entrepreneurship as well as the way entrepreneurs behave. This is particularly apparent in challenging environments such as emerging market and transition economies with an uncertain, ambiguous, and turbulent institutional framework. The paper develops suggestions as to how to extend t…
Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward
This paper sets out to explore contexts for entrepreneurship, illustrating how a contextualized view of entrepreneurship contributes to our understanding of the phenomenon. There is growing recognition in entrepreneurship research that economic behavior can be better understood within its historical, temporal, institutional, spatial, and social contexts, as these contexts provide individuals with opportunities and set boundaries for their actions…
Extending Women's Entrepreneurship Research in New Directions
The dramatic expansion of scholarly interest and activity in the field of women's entrepreneurship within recent years has done much to correct the historical inattention paid to female entrepreneurs and their initiatives. Yet, as the field continues to develop and mature, there are increasingly strong calls for scholars to take their research in new directions. Within this introduction to the special issue, we expand upon the reasons for this ca…
EU enlargement effects on cross-border informal entrepreneurial activities
Borderlands, as spaces of various forms of entrepreneurial activities, offer rich examples of informal entrepreneurial activities that depend on the border location to be developed and sustained. Although the socioeconomic contributions of informal activities have been widely acknowledged, little research has been conducted on the ways that enlargement of the European Union (EU), by affecting the openness/closedness of borders, affected the natur…
Determinants of Business Insolvencies During Economic Growth and Recession in Latvia
Considering the importance of context in exploring the entrepreneurship phenomenon, this explorative paper addresses patterns of business insolvencies during economic growth as compared to the economic recession within the context of an advanced transition economy. Empirically, the paper draws on 15 face-to-face interviews with insolvency administrators in Latvia conducted in 2007, and a repeated survey of the same respondents conducted in 2009. …
Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity
This essay contrasts a perspective that places an excessive focus on technology businesses and growth with a view of entrepreneurship that embraces its heterogeneity. We challenge a taken–for–granted belief that only certain kinds of entrepreneurship might lead to wealth and job creation and additionally suggest that these two outcomes (wealth and job creation) need to be placed within a broader context of reasons, purposes, and values for why an…
The Mittelstand
Mittelstand companies are the backbone of the German economy: they constitute the vast majority of enterprises in Germany, contribute to employment, and are a pillar of the German apprenticeship system. The specific ownership–management structure of the Mittelstand used to go hand in hand with social, intergenerational, and regional responsibility. However, today’s very small and young entrepreneurs do not perceive themselves as Mittelstand; many…
Three waves and counting
A gendered look at entrepreneurship ecosystems
The German Mittelstand
Some Heuristics for Researchers Embracing a Critical Process Approach
In the previous chapter, we noted that “[t]he CPA (. . .) is critical because it takes practical and moral issue with the contours of power and privilege that channel who our research serves; it is a process because it recognizes that the attempt to open up to scrutiny and dismantle any reified assumption that serve powerful interests needs to be sustained and joined by multiple researchers; it is an approach , rather than a technique, because it…
Why It's Hard to Look Back Once You Have Embraced Contexts
It is our experience—and one that has been shared with us by a number of other entrepreneurship researchers—that once you engage in attempting to contextualize your work, it becomes hard to see entrepreneurship research through any other lens. Looking back at our own earlier work, many of us are filled with the recognition that our urge to quickly create widely generalizable findings caused us to miss too many opportunities to pay attention to co…
Constructing Contexts
As a building block towards our Critical Process Approach, we now turn to how entrepreneurs “do contexts”. We will discuss the construction of contexts in more detail, looking at enactment and the roles of language and imagery from a suggestively interdisciplinary perspective. The entrepreneurship field is a latecomer in this regard, moving in the wake of other disciplines with a long tradition of taking into consideration socially constructed co…
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