Entrepreneurship, Appropriability and the Role of Market and Ecosystem Co-Creation

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Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings includes abstracts of all papers and symposia presented at the annual conference, plus 6-page abridged versions of the “Best Papers” accepted for inclusion in the program (approximately 10%). Papers published in the Proceedings are abridged because presenting papers at their full length could preclude subsequent journal publication. Please contact the author(s) directly for the full papers. Entrepreneurship, Appropriability and the Role of Market and Ecosystem Co-CreationChristos N. Pitelis and Efstathia PitsaChristos N. PitelisU. of Cambridge and Efstathia PitsaJudge Business SchoolPublished Online:16 Nov 2018https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.10779abstractAboutSections ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AbstractWe suggest emphasizing entrepreneurial behavior, whilst highlighting its purpose, can yield valuable implications for the study of entrepreneurship. We borrow Coase's concepts of "nature" and "essence" of a subject matter (in this case why do entrepreneurs exist and what do they do), and stress the unexplored in entrepreneurship scholarship, issue of "appropriability". We outline the benefits of distinguishing and leveraging multiple levels of analysis for entrepreneurial behavior. We focus on the macro (market-economy-wide) level and articulate situational behavioral attributes. Finally, we propose and develop the concept of market and eco-system co-creation as a hitherto neglected, yet all important entrepreneurial function.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 2012, No. 1 Permissions Metrics in the past 12 months History Published online 16 November 2018 Published in print 1 July 2012 InformationCopyright of Academy of Management Proceedings is the property of Academy of Management and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. The Academy of Management does not maintain the full text version of papers presented at the Academy's meetings. Please contact the author(s) directly to obtain access to the full text content.KeywordsAOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2012AOM Boston 2012appropriationco-creationentrepreneurial behavior