Dr Jonathan Kimmitt jonathan.kimmitt@durham.ac.uk
Charles Wilson Professor in Management
Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context
Kimmitt, Jonathan; Kibler, Ewald; Schildt, Henri; Oinas, Päivi
Authors
Ewald Kibler
Henri Schildt
Päivi Oinas
Abstract
We extend the cultural entrepreneurship perspective by investigating how entrepreneurs in deprived contexts gain legitimacy by leveraging proprietary and public places in their entrepreneurial storytelling. Inspired by the sociology of place, we present a longitudinal study of 10 new venture journeys over four years in Kasoa, Ghana. We identify three distinct ways places are used in entrepreneurial narratives: projective significance of place, connective significance of place, and authoritative significance of place. We show how impoverished entrepreneurs construct and communicate places in diverse ways, not only as locations, but also as material and symbolic resources that provide legitimacy for their venturing activities. Drawing from our findings, we generate a model of place-based cultural entrepreneurship and elaborate place as a central resource in cultural entrepreneurship and new venture creation in deprived contexts.
Citation
Kimmitt, J., Kibler, E., Schildt, H., & Oinas, P. (2023). Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12912
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 2, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 21, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023 |
Deposit Date | Feb 6, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 6, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Management Studies |
Print ISSN | 0022-2380 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-6486 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12912 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1179997 |
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