Creative entrepreneurs and embeddedness in non-urban places

A resource exchange and network embeddedness logic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23200370
AutoresBirgit Leick (0000-0001-6550-390X, University of South-Eastern Norway), Susanne Gretzinger (0000-0002-9770-9301, University of Southern Denmark), Irina Nikolskaja Roddvik (0000-0002-3126-4020, Østfold University of Applied Sciences)
Año2023
Volumen29
Número5
Páginas1133-1157
Fecha de publicación2023-05-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1355-2554 • E-ISSN: 1758-6534
EditorialEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/ijebr-07-2022-0606
OpenAlexW4367057826
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas104

Purpose Drawing from resource-based theorising, the concept of network embeddedness and a process perspective on entrepreneurship, this paper establishes a conceptual framework to explain a multi-level and multi-locational network embeddedness of creative entrepreneurs in non-urban places. It challenges stylised facts about creative entrepreneurship as a predominantly urban phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach Based upon the conceptual framework for creative entrepreneurship in a non-urban place, an illustrative case study of small-scale creative-design entrepreneurs on the Lofoten Islands in Norway (2019) is utilised to discuss the framework. Findings The conceptual paper derives a fine-grained understanding about how creative entrepreneurship emerges and develops in non-urban places and contributes to a better understanding of how such places can nurture such entrepreneurship through multiple network embeddedness and resource-exchange configurations. Research limitations/implications The article will enable further empirical research that tests, validates and, if necessary, refines the framework established. Practical implications Creative entrepreneurs should use various resource-exchange combinations with diverse networks to become locally embedded in non-urban places. Public-policy managers need to be aware of this variety that may exist with the network embeddedness of such entrepreneurs to support them and develop the location through resource provisions. Originality/value The paper uses an original conceptual framework.

Business · Economic geography · Economics · Embeddedness · Resource (disambiguation) · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation and Knowledge Management