Emergence of Entrepreneurial Populations - A Feature Dimensionality Approach

Liu, M.; van Witteloostuijn, A.

doi:10.1007/s11187-018-0126-1

Emergence of Entrepreneurial Populations - A Feature Dimensionality Approach

Liu, M.; van Witteloostuijn, A.

Authors

Dr Min Liu min.liu@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

A. van Witteloostuijn

Abstract

This paper studies how increasing dimensionality in a market space feeds into the emergence of a sustainable entrepreneurial population—energy cooperatives in Germany. Our theoretical model conceptualizes the market as a multi-dimensional feature space and offers insights as to when and where new types of entrepreneurial activities emerge. We demonstrate that (1) the rise of a socio-cognitive dimension greenness created novel social demand and opened opportunities for sustainable entrepreneurship and (2) sustainable entrepreneurial organizations are more likely to be founded in communities with higher local demand for greenness. Our paper contributes to research on entrepreneurial population emergence and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Citation

Liu, M., & van Witteloostuijn, A. (2020). Emergence of Entrepreneurial Populations - A Feature Dimensionality Approach. Small Business Economics, 54(4), 971-989. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0126-1

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 22, 2018
Online Publication Date	Dec 8, 2018
Publication Date	Apr 30, 2020
Deposit Date	Nov 27, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jan 15, 2019
Journal	Small Business Economics
Print ISSN	0921-898X
Electronic ISSN	1573-0913
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	54
Issue	4
Pages	971-989
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0126-1
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1312828

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