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Releasing indigenous entrepreneurial capacity: a case study of the Yolngu clan in a remote region of Northern Australia

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  • Cecil A.L. Pearson
  • Klaus Helms

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A pathway for indigenous people to increase their economic independence is by developing entrepreneurial business engagements. As a strategy to reduce the significant differences between indigenous business aspirations and non-indigenous business participation the Australian Government policy of Aboriginal self-determination encourages the strengthening of partnerships between indigenous and non-indigenous business opportunities. In this paper is reported a partnership between the Yolngu of Arnhem Land and Forestry Tasmania, which is being undertaken in a remote region in the Northern Territory of Australia. This new venture, which is being conducted in an area where there are often insufficient jobs, has the potential to generate a number of mainstream career paths for indigenous people. And while the entrepreneurial project is presenting promising achievements for the Yolngu community investment in a range of managerial business competencies is critical for further development of indigenous self-determination and economic independence.

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  • Cecil A.L. Pearson & Klaus Helms, 2010. "Releasing indigenous entrepreneurial capacity: a case study of the Yolngu clan in a remote region of Northern Australia," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(1/2), pages 72-84.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:12:y:2010:i:1/2:p:72-84
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    1. Cecil A. L. Pearson & Klaus Helms, 2013. "Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship: The Gumatj Clan Enterprise in East Arnhem Land," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 22(1), pages 43-70, March.
    2. Cecil A L, 2012. "Conversations with Australian Indigenous Females Revealing Their Motives When Establishing a Sustainable Small Business," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 4(6), pages 299-310.
    3. Alexandra Langford & Geoffrey Lawrence & Kiah Smith, 2021. "Financialization for Development? Asset Making on Indigenous Land in Remote Northern Australia," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(3), pages 574-597, May.
    4. Cecil A L, 2011. "Indigenous entrepreneurship in timber furniture manufacturing: The Gumatj venture in Northern Australia," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 2(1), pages 1-11.

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