Pub Date : 2024-09-17DOI: 10.1177/14657503241278164
Chiara Bartoli, Angelo Baccelloni, Alberto Mattiacci, Leonardo Ungaro
This study aims to enrich the knowledge of the technology adoption by small and medium enterprises, by focusing on the metaverse phenomenon and the implementation of metaverse projects by small and medium-sized enterprises through the lens of the technology life cycle theory. It adopts a qualitative approach based on multiple-case analysis to examine and categorize 28 metaverse experiences created by wine businesses. The work provides a framework for the metaverse experimentations by firms which is structured around three different stages of metaverse, that are (1) the isolated metaverse, (2) the integrated metaverse, and (3) the augmented metaverse, corresponding to different degrees of integration of the technology in the user experience according to the level of interaction and immersiveness that is generated. This study also identifies the boundaries of metaverse settings by determining, from an experiential perspective, which experiences cannot be defined as belonging to the metaverse sphere. The analysis showcases the patterns toward the metaverse technology adoption by businesses and provides an interpretation of the different types of metaverse experiences that can be integrated into the business strategies of small and medium-sized enterprises. It also highlights the obstacles that preside over the wide adoption of the metaverse technology by firms.
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Current studies focus on supporting enterprises to mitigate the impact of crises on their economic performance. However, further studies are needed to understand the challenges faced by rural agri-food enterprises in this context. The main objective of this study is to analyse the impact of food and raw material transport constraints on the perceived economic performance of agri-food small-medium enterprises due to financial and pandemic crises with the influence of the following moderators: support mechanisms, digitalisation and networking. A quantitative study was carried out on 404 rural Greek agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Results indicate that easy access to finance and subsidies had a negative effect on the relationship between transport constraints and perceived economic performance. On the other hand, the implementation of digital tools and networking opportunities improved the perceived economic performance of the enterprise during crises. According to the present findings, there is a need to review the existing processes of financial support for rural agri-food SMEs and to implement policies that will enhance the growth and sustainability of the agri-food sector amid global crises.
{"title":"Exploring the impact of crises on rural agri-food SMEs: The moderating role of support mechanisms, digitalisation, and networking","authors":"Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Alexandros Kakouris, Panagiotis Liargovas, Dimitrios Petropoulos, Eleni E. Anastasopoulou","doi":"10.1177/14657503241270275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503241270275","url":null,"abstract":"Current studies focus on supporting enterprises to mitigate the impact of crises on their economic performance. However, further studies are needed to understand the challenges faced by rural agri-food enterprises in this context. The main objective of this study is to analyse the impact of food and raw material transport constraints on the perceived economic performance of agri-food small-medium enterprises due to financial and pandemic crises with the influence of the following moderators: support mechanisms, digitalisation and networking. A quantitative study was carried out on 404 rural Greek agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Results indicate that easy access to finance and subsidies had a negative effect on the relationship between transport constraints and perceived economic performance. On the other hand, the implementation of digital tools and networking opportunities improved the perceived economic performance of the enterprise during crises. According to the present findings, there is a need to review the existing processes of financial support for rural agri-food SMEs and to implement policies that will enhance the growth and sustainability of the agri-food sector amid global crises.","PeriodicalId":501176,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142222733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1177/14657503241270262
Wei Deng, Qiaozhuan Liang, Wei Wang
The study of female entrepreneurship (FE) unfolds as an intricate puzzle woven by a myriad of contextual factors that shape necessity (NBFE) and opportunity-based (OBFE) female entrepreneurship. Motivated by the urgency to decipher this complexity, this research delves into the nuanced dimensions of FE across countries. Utilizing a mixed embeddedness perspective, we aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the family, market, and institutional contexts that exert influence on FE. Leveraging data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the Gender, Institutions, and Development Database, and the World Development Indicators Database, we employ fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to examine the configurational impact of multiple embeddedness on NBFE and OBFE across 50 countries. The results spotlight divergent configurations for enabling and constraining NBFE and OBFE, contributing to the FE literature by emphasizing the need to move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach in policy formulation. Our findings advocate for adopting targeted measures tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities faced by different groups of female entrepreneurs.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1177/14657503241267746
Hanna Astner, Annie Roos
This research note explores the concept of rural context within entrepreneurship research. We outline three distinct approaches to understanding rural context in entrepreneurship research, viewing rural as: (a) a given setting, (b) peripheral, emphasising its distinctions from urban contexts, and (c) rurality, underscoring its distinctiveness. We discuss how these three approaches have been used in entrepreneurship research and their implications for research focus, questions, and conceptualisation of the rural context. Ultimately, we advocate for the vital importance to uphold stringency and rigour in employing any of the approaches.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-02DOI: 10.1177/14657503241258934
Nino Tomini, Katharina Brenk, Dominik K. Kanbach, Stephan Stubner, Fabian Bernhard
This study explores the impact of metaverse technology on business models (BMs). Despite increasing academic and practical interest, the adoption and seamless integration of this technology poses substantial challenges for businesses. This study adopts a grounded-theory approach to explore how firms can incorporate this technological innovation within their existing BMs. Drawing upon insights from 20 interviews, the data were structured using the Gioia methodology, uncovering 5 dimensions that elucidate how companies can leverage metaverse technology to augment value creation, capture, and delivery, both internally and externally, within their BMs. These dimensions serve as a roadmap for firms seeking to embrace the metaverse, offering insights into potential adaptations to their existing BMs. This study contributes to the theoretical discourse surrounding the metaverse by delineating specific components within BMs that can be tailored to accommodate metaverse integration. Furthermore, our findings offer invaluable guidance and recommendations to firms and ventures, highlighting the diverse areas within the value creation process where metaverse integration can be strategically applied. This research lays the foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of metaverse technology's role in shaping the business landscape.
{"title":"From hype to impact: How companies can leverage the metaverse technology for business models","authors":"Nino Tomini, Katharina Brenk, Dominik K. Kanbach, Stephan Stubner, Fabian Bernhard","doi":"10.1177/14657503241258934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503241258934","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the impact of metaverse technology on business models (BMs). Despite increasing academic and practical interest, the adoption and seamless integration of this technology poses substantial challenges for businesses. This study adopts a grounded-theory approach to explore how firms can incorporate this technological innovation within their existing BMs. Drawing upon insights from 20 interviews, the data were structured using the Gioia methodology, uncovering 5 dimensions that elucidate how companies can leverage metaverse technology to augment value creation, capture, and delivery, both internally and externally, within their BMs. These dimensions serve as a roadmap for firms seeking to embrace the metaverse, offering insights into potential adaptations to their existing BMs. This study contributes to the theoretical discourse surrounding the metaverse by delineating specific components within BMs that can be tailored to accommodate metaverse integration. Furthermore, our findings offer invaluable guidance and recommendations to firms and ventures, highlighting the diverse areas within the value creation process where metaverse integration can be strategically applied. This research lays the foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of metaverse technology's role in shaping the business landscape.","PeriodicalId":501176,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"19 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1177/14657503241257584
David M Brown, Steven Pattinson
This case focuses on how a social enterprise, Digital Homes Housing Association, collaborates with diverse stakeholders to co-create value that is mutually beneficial. It examines how value can be achieved in a sustainable manner while helping to address the prioritised social objectives of the social enterprise. The case outlines how Cormac Redpath, the Chief Executive of Digital Homes Housing Association, attempts to maximise the positive impact derived from stakeholder collaboration and engagement. The case explores Cormac's audit of the organisation's stakeholder activities, and his intention to formulate a streamlined value co-creation strategy that contributes to its social objectives more effectively than currently. The concept of co-creating sustainable value within a social enterprise is explored in the context of the Scottish social housing market, in which not-for-profit Housing Associations work with communities to provide safe, secure, comfortable and affordable homes to individuals who may otherwise not be able to access them.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1177/14657503241252434
Anne Smith
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Pub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1177/14657503241250284
Véronique Boulocher-Passet, Peter Daly, Sabine Ruaud
The French textile engineer, Christèle Merter, founded La Gentle Factory in 2014 as a label for capsule collections from the Happychic Group, a large, international men's ready-to-wear fashion retailer. Her objective is to promote simple, yet elegant ‘Made in France’ menswear made from organic materials and recycled products. The case discusses the challenges faced by the entrepreneur as she develops a sustainable clothing brand, first within a large group and then as an independent entrepreneur. The case also describes different forms of sustainable-oriented innovation in fashion and how narrative can aid the building of a new sustainable venture.
{"title":"Sustainable entrepreneurship within fashion: La Gentle Factory story","authors":"Véronique Boulocher-Passet, Peter Daly, Sabine Ruaud","doi":"10.1177/14657503241250284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503241250284","url":null,"abstract":"The French textile engineer, Christèle Merter, founded La Gentle Factory in 2014 as a label for capsule collections from the Happychic Group, a large, international men's ready-to-wear fashion retailer. Her objective is to promote simple, yet elegant ‘Made in France’ menswear made from organic materials and recycled products. The case discusses the challenges faced by the entrepreneur as she develops a sustainable clothing brand, first within a large group and then as an independent entrepreneur. The case also describes different forms of sustainable-oriented innovation in fashion and how narrative can aid the building of a new sustainable venture.","PeriodicalId":501176,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140887729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.1177/14657503241245560
Sanna Joensuu-Salo, Anmari Viljamaa
The rapidly changing digital landscape presents a new context highlighting growth strategies and organizational ambidexterity. This research explores the interaction between growth strategies of rural SMEs, digital orientation, and organizational ambidexterity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey data comprised 204 responses from Finnish SME owner-managers in the rural region of South Ostrobothnia in October 2021. The results from the ordinal regression analysis demonstrate that organizational ambidexterity positively influences the utilization of all growth strategies, serving as a mediator in the relationship between digital orientation and these strategies. Digital orientation is positively associated with applying a product/service development strategy, market development strategy, diversification, and business model development but not with market penetration strategy. These findings suggest that a digital orientation enables SMEs to strike a balance between exploration and exploitation, allowing them to effectively pursue both. Furthermore, digitalization offers rural businesses opportunities to implement more demanding growth strategies. Therefore, to ensure the long-term vitality of rural areas, society and policymakers must collaborate in providing robust digital infrastructure.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-08DOI: 10.1177/14657503241242344
Jeffrey Muldoon, Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Anthony M. Gould, Jean-Etienne Joullié
Social entrepreneurship is a recent strategy for addressing public policy concerns that have traditionally been viewed as falling within the State's ambit. This article exposes the inadequacy of agency theory for interpreting how parties coexist within a multi-stakeholder service delivery configuration under the rubric of social entrepreneurship. Using the case of Teach for America, the article explores the criticisms that traditionally trained teachers direct towards the organization's members but does not take a side on whether these criticisms are justified. Rather, it prosecutes the case that, absent a frame of reference (e.g., appropriately adapted agency theory) for exposing the interests of disparate stakeholders to a social entrepreneurship venture, misaligned interests manifest as ill-founded mutual critique, often as argumentum ad hominem denunciations.
社会企业家精神是近来解决公共政策问题的一种策略，而这些问题历来被视为属于国家的职权范围。本文揭示了代理理论在解释各方如何在社会创业的名义下在多方利益相关者的服务提供配置中共存时的不足之处。文章以 "为美国而教"（Teach for America）为例，探讨了受过传统培训的教师对该组织成员的批评，但并没有就这些批评是否合理表明立场。相反，文章指出，如果没有一个参照系（如经过适当调整的代理理论）来揭示不同利益相关者对社会创业企业的利益诉求，利益不一致就会表现为毫无根据的相互批评，而且往往是自相矛盾的指责。
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