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Potikitanga:indigenous entrepreneurship in a Maori context

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  • Paul Tapsell
  • Christine Woods

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Purpose - This paper examines the models used to teach and encourage indigenous entrepreneurial activity, with a focus on indigenous entrepreneurship in a Maori context. Design/methodology/approach - In particular, the paper explores the pedagogical challenges from the perspective of indigenous entrepreneurship understood from a Maori context and draws on an historical and cultural analysis of kin accountability within a tribal context to explore the pedagogical challenges faced when working with a new generation of aspiring entrepreneurially‐minded Maori. Three short case studies are provided as illustrative examples. Findings - The paper finds that entrepreneurial models focusing on opportunity‐seekingpotiki(aspiring younger individuals) will likely remain limited in application until they successfully integrate the genealogical check and balance of thepotiki, namely the elder‐rangatira. Thisrangatira:potikicustomary leadership tension has been Maori society's generative survival portal to taking advantage of new opportunities (potikitanga) for 100 or more generations. The paper suggests that while Maori ventures may adequately reflect what constitutes successful commercial entrepreneurship, such ventures also need to be further developed in terms of kin‐accountability beyond current social/economic entrepreneurial thinking if they are to legitimately benefit Maori society. Originality/value - Although only one cultural context is examined, this paper demonstrates the potential benefit of a deeper understanding of the cultural genealogical setting when developing models to work with indigenous entrepreneurs.

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  • Paul Tapsell & Christine Woods, 2008. "Potikitanga:indigenous entrepreneurship in a Maori context," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(3), pages 192-203, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:jecpps:v:2:y:2008:i:3:p:192-203
    DOI: 10.1108/17506200810897196
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    1. Nuraida Wahyu Sulistyani & Fendy Suhariadi & Fajrianthi, 2022. "Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of the Impact of Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Case of Dayak Ethnic Entrepreneurship," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-11, May.

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