Entrepreneurship and the Community

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Entrepreneurship and the Community

   • Vanessa Ratten

   Pages 1-6

3. The Other Within as Entrepreneurial Agency for Subsistence Entrepreneurs

   • Hans Lundberg, Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas

   Pages 7-27

4. Effectual Versus Causal International Opportunity Discovery and Creation: Implications for SMES’ Competitive Advantage

   • Masoud Karami

   Pages 29-48

5. Sustainable Crowdfunding for Subsistence Entrepreneurship

   • Nadia Arshad, Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Linda D. Hollebeek

   Pages 49-62

6. A Framework for a Smart City Design: Digital Transformation in the Helsinki Smart City

   • Mervi Hämäläinen

   Pages 63-86

7. The Dynamics of the Employee Branding Effect: The Valuation of Interpersonal Relationships in Organizational Results

   • Andrea Sousa, João Pedro C. Fernandes Thomaz, Eulália Santos, Carlos António P. Francisco e Silva, Aquilino Manuel Felizardo

   Pages 87-103

8. The Entertainization of Business Event: The Case of Alibaba Computing Conference in Hangzhou

   • Guiqiang Qiao, Chris Ryan, Chao Zhou, Tim Lockyer

   Pages 105-123

9. Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Tools for Rural Development: Case Study Region of Vera, Extremadura, Spain

   • Francisco Javier Castellano-Álvarez, Amador Durán-Sánchez, María de la Cruz del Río-Rama, José Álvarez-García

   Pages 125-140

10. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Based on the RIEMPEI Model: Inequality of Opportunities in Mexico

    • Martha Ríos-Manríquez, Lizbeth Pérez-Rendón, María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández

    Pages 141-158

11. Social Exclusion in Ecuador with Housing Indicators: A Regional Analysis

    • Diego Fernando García-Vélez, Mario Andrés Contreras-Jaramillo, Tania Paola Torres-Gutiérrez, Ronny Fabian Correa-Quezada

    Pages 159-176

Entrepreneurship is the result of various contextual factors in the community, which are shaped by social challenges and business needs. Recent research efforts have focused on the dynamics of communities and how they facilitate entrepreneurship among a diverse group of people and organizations. This book highlights research on the importance of communities and their role in providing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes innovation and business activities. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community that fosters creativity. Sharing valuable insights, it will enhance readers’ understanding of how entrepreneurship is formed by and exists in communities.

• Community based entrepreneurship
• Ethnographical studies on entrepreneurship
• Financial literacy in communities
• Artisan entrepreneurship in handicrafts
• Indigenous communities and business
• Community based startups
• Entrepreneurship among Chinese immigrants
• Technology acquisition by small business communities
• Research on community entrepreneurship

• Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Marketing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

  Vanessa Ratten

Associate Professor Dr Vanessa Ratten is the Programme Coordinator of the entrepreneurship and innovation degrees at La Trobe Business School, Australia. She has previously served on the business faculties of Deakin University, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Queensland. She has guest edited at journals such as Education and Training, Team Performance, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Journal of Management and Organization, Thunderbird International Business Review and International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Dr Ratten has co-edited six books in the field of entrepreneurship, including sports entrepreneurship and innovation. Her current research focus is on entrepreneurship and diversity.

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