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Entrepreneurship of an institutional field: the emergence of coworking spaces for digital business models

Bouncken, Ricarda B.; Kraus, Sascha; Martínez-Pérez, Juan F.

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Authors

Ricarda B. Bouncken

Sascha Kraus

Juan F. Martínez-Pérez



Abstract

Coworking spaces have been proliferating world-wide in urban and rural areas while facilitating entrepreneurship and new, especially digital business models. Our research analyzes the worldwide expansion by drawing upon mechanisms from institutional theory. We argue that the sense of community, emotional activation, the local communities together with the digital linkages and the open office allowed coworking spaces to evolve as a real space for entrepreneurship. The common lifestyle and the high digital identity of the users further explain the emergence of this entrepreneurship field that shows high convergent forms of coworking spaces. The key divergence comes with different ownership models.

Citation

Bouncken, R. B., Kraus, S., & Martínez-Pérez, J. F. (2020). Entrepreneurship of an institutional field: the emergence of coworking spaces for digital business models. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16(4), 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00689-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 2, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 11, 2020
Publication Date 2020-12
Deposit Date Jul 22, 2020
Publicly Available Date Jul 22, 2020
Journal International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Print ISSN 1554-7191
Electronic ISSN 1555-1938
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 4
Pages 1465-1481
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00689-4
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1265928

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