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Subalternity and Entrepreneurship
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Tales of marginalized but enterprising characters, oppressive settings and haunting plots (with Bridget Butkevich)
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International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 8 (4) 2007.
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Abstract
Entrepreneurs are cultural creatures. This paper looks at how entrepreneurs in the hostile economic environments conceive of and pursue their opportunities. In many of these environments where corruption is prevalent and grey and black markets dominate the economic landscape, we argue, a culture of entrepreneurship evolves where entrepreneurs become oriented to “profiteering” rather than profit opportunities. It is our belief, however, that we need not tell pessimistic tales about these contexts and that it is possible to find entrepreneurs who are behaving in “socially” beneficial ways (pursuing profits not behaving like pirates).
Presented at the 71st Annual SEA Meeting (Nov. 17-19, 2001; Tampa, Florida). An earlier draft of this paper appeared as "Cultural Characters."
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virgil storr, ph.d.
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
3301 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 450, Arlington, VA 22201
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vstorr@gmu.edu
Last Updated: June 2010
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