Institutional Entrepreneurship Research Articles

De colônia de imigrantes a um polo gastronômico: uma pesquisa institucional documental

O campo organizacional é resultado de interações ao longo do tempo entre organizações, indivíduos e o próprio contexto onde estão inseridos. Os fundamentos da nova teoria institucional permitem essa leitura e, nesse sentido, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar que fatores institucionais influenciaram a formação do Polo Gastronômico no Bairro de Santa Felicidade, na cidade de Curitiba, Capital do Paraná, Brasil. Para atingir este propósito, foi utilizada a estratégia de pesquisa qualitativa, na qual se adotou como método a pesquisa documental sobre o setor turístico-gastronômico do referido bairro, considerando um recorte seccional com avaliação longitudinal no período de 1878 a 2020. Os dados coletados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo temática e as categorias analíticas utilizadas foram o empreendedorismo institucional no nível da ação e as instituições no contexto. Concluiu-se que o empreendedorismo institucional desempenhado pelos atores sociais permitiu a evolução do campo organizacional desta localidade, possibilitando a formação do Polo Gastronômico investigado.

Rethinking the State’s Institutional Entrepreneurship in Different Policies: A Typology for the Turkish Context

Rethinking the State’s Institutional Entrepreneurship in Different Policies: A Typology for the Turkish Context

Developing intercultural and entrepreneurship competences among students – the case of business, IT, and services disciplines

Developing intercultural and entrepreneurship competences provides future graduates with several benefits, wherein they are equipped for the globalized, intercultural world imbued with all of its uncertainties, diversities, and opportunities, both at the workplace and in everyday life. Entrepreneurial higher education institutions are characterized by an international and intercultural perspective – however, an institution cannot be entrepreneurial without being international, yet it can be international without being entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurial university provides a good environment, culture, and practices that enhance student entrepreneurship. Internationalisation, entrepreneurship, and in this context international entrepreneurship education are important topics to which academics and higher education institutions have increasingly devoted attention in recent years. This article discusses various aspects of developing intercultural and entrepreneurship competences, which are affected by different approaches to intercultural learning and teaching in the context of entrepreneurship education. In the last part of the paper, results are presented of quantitative research among Slovenian academics who teach business, IT, and services disciplines. Findings have shown that independent variables like teaching international students, providing distance learning with foreign institutions, inclusion of academics in training courses, and academics’ international mobility all influence the frequency of using intercultural and entrepreneurial aspects in higher education learning and teaching practices.

BRIDGING THE VOID: HOW INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAN OVERCOME INSTITUTIONAL VOIDS IN INDIAN PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS

There is limited research on the role of institutional entrepreneurship in public organisations, especially in the context of institutional voids. The public sector entrepreneurs’ engagement with regulatory, normative, and cultural-cognitive institutional voids in a developing economy is, therefore, examined using institutional work. Through an in-depth longitudinal case study of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in India, institutional creation and disruption processes are identified as interrelated means to address voids in this context. The boundary work supported promising entrepreneurs in challenging settings, whereas legitimacy work helped to spread change outside organisational boundaries. Insights into public sector entrepreneurship in developing countries are offered.

Resource-abundance regions of Russia and «dark» side of innovations (cases of Kuzbass and Krasnoyarsk regions)

The paper is devoted to the study of entrepreneurs' ability those generate Schumpeterian innovations to be a subject of the Russian economy development. Regions those are rich in natural and mineral resources are the object of the study. Research methodology includes concept of dual enclave economy, concept of fragmented innovation systems, and concept of institutional entrepreneurship. Research method is represented with multifunctional φ-Fisher criterion. Activities of entrepreneurs of 'developmental institutions' in Kuzbass and Krasnoyarsk regions are analysed. It is revealed that entrepreneurs faced with a number of problems related not only to the existence of administrative barriers, but also to the lack of demand for their products from large companies, as well as the lack of access to necessary infrastructure. Most of entrepreneurs preferred individual form of interaction with regional authorities representatives that to solve these problems. These facts mean bounded positive externalities arising in the process of innovation activities.

Institutional Entrepreneur in Government Sector: Case Study on Enactment of Seoul Youth Framework Act

최근 들어 지방정부가 중앙정부의 정책을 따르는 것만이 아니라 오히려 제도를 선도적으로 변화시키는 사례가 나타나고 있다. 그 중 청년문제에 대응해 기본법 성격의 조례를 제정한 서울특 별시의 청년기본조례 제정 사례는 많은 지방정부로 확산되었다. 왜 서울시는 중앙정부의 법률에 없는 청년기본법을 조례의 형태로 만들게 되었나? 본 연구는 제도주의 조직론에 기반한 제도혁신가(institutional entrepreneur) 모형과 거버넌스의 논의를 통합적으로 적용하여, 지방정 부가 청년과 관련된 제도를 선도하는 행위자로 등장하게 되는 과정에서 지방정부와 이해관계자 조직들 간 상호작용이 필수적 역할을 하였음을 확인하였다. 청년문제에 대해 청년기본조례라는 새로운 해결방향을 제시한 서울시는 제도혁신가의 면모를 띤다. 사회적으로 청년문제가 심각해 지고 있는 현실, 청년인구의 비율이 높고 청년 중심의 단체들이 활동하고 있었던 ‘상황적 조건’ 이 서울시를 청년 문제에 민감하게 반응할 정책 필드의 중심적 ‘행위자 지위’를 갖도록 하였다. 이에 더해 서울시청에서 지원하고 있던 청년단체들이 조직화되면서 시청과 시의회에 청년기본 조례 아이디어를 제시하는 ‘거버넌스의 형성’ 가능해졌고, 이는 서울시청과 서울시의회의 조례 제정 및 협의를 촉진하였다. 정책필드의 특성과 행위자의 지위를 포함한 상황적 조건과 거버넌스 형성이 공공부문에서 제도혁신가 출현을 가능케 한다는 사실을 고찰했다는 점에서 본 연구는 이론적, 정책적 함의를 가진다.

Методические подходы к оценке социально-экономической эффективности института развития предпринимательства в северных сырьевых регионах

The article presents an overview of scientific publications on institutions of entrepreneurship development. It has been stated that most of publications consider three main issues: the definition of such institutions, their typology and methodological tools for assessing the effectiveness of functioning. There have been determined the specific features of the institution of entrepreneurship development in the Northern raw materials regions: Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District - Yugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. It has been found that the institution of entrepreneurship development in the regions under consideration is at the stage of its formation. There is a sufficient infrastructure to support small businesses. The lack of unified methodological approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the institution of entrepreneurship development and a large number of different structures do not allow to manage purposefully the process of entrepreneurship development. A methodological approach to assessing the socio-economic efficiency of the entrepreneurship institute on the basis of target indicators and criteria for the social and economic efficiency of budgetary investments directed through institutions of entrepreneurship development has been proposed. The presented methodological approach includes five stages: determination of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the institution of entrepreneurship development; identification of problems based on the analysis; formation of a system of goals; developing criteria for the social and economic efficiency of budget investments. As criteria for the social efficiency of budget investments it was proposed to use the following factors: population employment, expanding the range of services, increasing transport permeability, maintaining traditional activities of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North. The criteria of economic efficiency include the innovative nature of entrepreneurship, the decrease in the mono-profile of the regional economy, the development of competitive products, the promotion of the formation of an information society. The final stage provides correlating the feasibility and possibilities of directing budgetary investments to the institution of entrepreneurship development in order to achieve the target indicators. The recommended methodological approach makes it possible to formulate the priorities of the institution of entrepreneurship development at the regional level and to allocate budgetary funds with maximum efficiency.

The Language of Leaders: Executive Sensegiving Strategies in Higher Education

This study explores how college and university presidents strategically negotiate institutional pressures and competing social norms in an attempt to maintain organizational legitimacy. It examines how presidents strategically frame organizational events in ways that help constituents make sense of their actions. Using archival and qualitative methods, I examine executive sensegiving strategies in the presidential communiqués of university magazines from eight tuition-driven universities during a 15-year period (2000–2014). Data revealed presidents employed three strategies—foundational, configurational, and transformational—driven by connecting different cues (i.e., events) with frames (i.e., institutional logics). Although prior literature has described actors draw on logics as a “toolkit,” this study illuminates how they modify those “tools” over time. In the transformational strategy, university leaders engaged in boundary work, acting as “institutional entrepreneurs” to change the microfoundations—or core elements—of an institutional logic over time and especially the meanings associated with its symbols and language.

Economic Cooperation Between Russia and China in the Context of Modernization of their National Economies

The current model of state regulation in China has allowed it to take a special place in the modern process of reformatting the system of international economic relations. This model, based on a combination of strategic and indicative planning, market competition, and targeted lending to significant government projects, allowed us to ensure not only the growth of consumption, but also the development of investment platforms aimed at reducing risks, creating social entrepreneurship institutions, and so on. Strengthening economic cooperation between the PRC and the Russian Federation is an important factor in solving not only the internal problems of both countries, but also strengthening stability in the far Eastern region. The article analyzes the problems of Russian-Chinese cooperation related to the increase in financial flows between the two countries, mutual investment, the lack of existing bilateral effective and reliable settlement channels and payment systems, etc. In General, strengthening cooperation between Russia and China is an important component of the structural modernization of the domestic economy.

Academic Entrepreneurialism and The Entrepreneurial University Model and Policy Implication for Vietnam

The article describes entrepreneurship in higher education institutions, also known as academic entrepreneurialism, based on theoretical research and the analysis of an entrepreneurial university model. Thanks to the research of the model and in practice, it is indicated that in the context of university transformation in Vietnam, policies and mechanisms in higher education management should be improved so as to create an ecological environment to promote innovation and to form advanced university governance.

From Monterrey to Addis Ababa and beyond

How did the global framework for financing sustainable development evolve in the past ten years? We argue that its evolution is deeply connected to multilateral initiatives such as the Monterrey consensus,the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Therefore, the year 2015 may be considered as a landmark. In this vein, we identified five keychanges that affect the global framework for financing development worldwide, showing how traditional international cooperation mechanisms coexist with new ones. They are discussed in the followingorder: the evolution of global development agendas; systemic power relations and financial flows; the institutional entrepreneurship of emerging powers; the increased role of development banks; and from official development aid (ODA) to international public finance. Under the United Nations auspices or not, middle-income countries started to play a bigger role in financing mechanisms. Likewise, some national development banks became more important and started to act more closely under the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) auspices. Brazil, Colombia and South Africa are mentioned as cases for future research.

Multinational enterprises and strategic actions in emerging economy contexts: From conformity to institutional entrepreneurship

AbstractThis research explores the broader set of strategic actions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in emerging markets in response to institutional forces. We re‐examine the effect of MNEs on changing institutions in host countries and conceptualize a theoretical model of institutionalization and institutional change initiated by MNEs in emerging economy contexts. In our two‐stage approach, we build on an inductive study to explore MNEs' strategic actions and their institutional settings. We then conduct repertory grid analysis to analyze face‐to‐face interviews with mid‐level and senior managers of subsidiaries of eight major MNEs. We identify distinctive categories of strategic action taken by MNEs to respond to facets of their institutional environment, depending on the restrictiveness/openness of their institutional environment, and their self‐perceived organizational strength.

Institutional Entrepreneurship and Megaproject: A Case of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

The question of how institutional entrepreneurs working on megaprojects successfully enact change in regard to logic practices remains an unsolved problem in megaproject management literature. Building on an in-depth case study of a megaproject in China, we examine how institutional entrepreneurs manage in order to transform a conventional construction logic into a new logic of “mechanization, autoassembling, and factory construction” in steel bridge industry. We present a model of institutional work conducted by entrepreneurs for institutional entrepreneurship in the megaproject platform. Based on this case, we highlight the significance of institutional compatibility and institutional governmentality in implementing the new logic practices. This article contributes to the literature by examining the different forms of institutional work conducted by entrepreneurs with the aim of driving the institutional changes, and exploring the relationship between megaproject management and institutional entrepreneurship.

Institutional entrepreneurship enablers to promote circular economy in the European Union: Impacts on transition towards a more circular economy

Circular economy supposes a transformational and radical process of change from a linear to a circular economic model, where every production phase represents a systemic shift at all levels. Nevertheless, CE philosophy is easy to understand but very complex to put into practice. For that reason, using institutional entrepreneurship theory, institutional enablers to push the transition to a more CE in the European Union will be analysed. In particular, the impacts achieved by CE strategies are oriented to priority CE goals. Thus, this empirical study based on a public consultation survey uses structural equation modelling to analyse links between institutional entrepreneurship enablers and impacts on CE strategies oriented to main CE goals. The findings support the effectiveness of acting like an institutional entrepreneur to force transformational and radical changes, although differences are found between enablers and the impacts of CE. The paper concludes with some useful reflections for institutions and policymakers in order to maximise the efforts taken to effect changes at all levels.

Towards a path-transformative heuristic in inclusive innovation initiatives: an exploratory case in rural communities in Colombia

ABSTRACT This study contributes to a better understanding of the transformative process towards inclusive innovation from the perspective of three literature branches, inclusive innovation, institutional entrepreneurship and path dependence. Based on these literature branches, we ensemble a heuristic to assess the role of Institutional Entrepreneurs in fostering Inclusive Innovation initiatives supported by National Entities in local communities. To assess the heuristic and answer the beforehand question, we used an exploratory case at the municipality of Cumbal, in Nariño (Colombia). Through secondary information analysis and preliminary fieldwork observations, we demonstrate usefulness of the heuristic to unfold the transformative process in local communities. Also, we identified Institutional Entrepreneurs as change agents.

Social Entrepreneurship and COVID‐19

Social Entrepreneurship and COVID‐19

Institutional reproduction, contradiction and legitimacy crisis: The politics of policy design and practice in Malawi's Ministry of Health

This paper examines the politics and dynamics of the policy design and practical policy implementation realities of institutional transformation in a developing country context. The paper finds that there has been a mismatch between policy design templates of institutional transformation and the actual practice in terms of transformational implementation outcomes. Taking decentralisation reforms within the Ministry of Health in Malawi as a case study, the paper underscores that the contextual realities of institutional transformation in the country have been manifested by path dependence tendencies characterised by reproduction that takes shape in a contradictory fashion to the underlying institutional logics. The resultant policy of the reproduction and contradiction in terms of policy practice is institutional legitimacy crisis characterised by support from institutional entrepreneurs that are benefiting from positive feedback and increasing returns of the old institution, and challengers that regard the reproductions and contradictions as restrictive and mismatching institutional transformation design.

Innovative-entrepreneurial universities in the postmodern world concept: possibilities of implementation

In the article, they analyze the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship in the transformation of universities into entrepreneurial institutions, understanding university institutions as organizations that, in a macro concept of their management is represented in its most general expression; that is the production and application of knowledge. In this sense, the characteristic features of commercial, academic activities in innovative and entrepreneurial universities are analyzed, and the optimal organizational and economic mechanisms for the development of this model are studied, in order to use even more positive experience in systems of higher education in countries with less innovative-entrepreneurial development.

“Where Commerce Meets a Revolution” the Complex Relationship Between the Marijuana Legalization Movement and the Cannabis Industry

Abstract “Where Commerce Meets a Revolution” is the motto of the National Cannabis Industry Association and its annual meetings. “Commerce” clearly refers to the developing for-profit cannabis industry. “Revolution” refers to the ongoing legalization of the drug. “Meets” is more ambiguous: It may suggest an encounter between two similar things, a possible clash of opposites, or something in between. The ambiguity here provides an opportunity to examine how a social movement that understood itself as promoting freedom and social justice thinks about and engages a profit-making industry that its own success has created, acknowledging conflicting values, while also trying to find ways to manage this conflict. Drawing on interviews with major movement actors, I use the concepts of institutional logics and institutional entrepreneurship to examine the relationship between the legalization movement and the cannabis industry.

Administrative corruption and the challenges of entrepreneurship development

Objective: In recent years, the study on the corruption in the governmental sector has been concerned and grown. Corruption is an endemic and global phenomenon and therefore, it should be acknowledged that the corruption and dealing with it are challenge in many countries of the world. Methodology: Given the plans have been accomplished to deal with this phenomenon by the countries, but we witness its growing trend in different sectors of the society again. The entrepreneurship subject is one of the topics emphasized in the economic development. The economic development publicly and entrepreneurship specifically are from the domains which are not immune from these effects. Results: This research explains the role of administrative corruption on the entrepreneurship development. In the first part, a summary of the concepts of corruption, entrepreneurship, correlation between corruption and entrepreneurship is presented and in the second part, the situation in Iran is examined based on data collected from International Transparency Institute and Global Development Entrepreneurship Institute. Conclusion: Research findings suggest that corruption can have a positive or negative impact on entrepreneurship, but its impact is more severe and more harmful. Also, according to the statistics provided, it can be concluded that with an approximate fixation of the rate of corruption over the past few years, entrepreneurship development in Iran has grown modestly.