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Conceptualising the entrepreneurial process using Chinese classics: a paradoxical perspective

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This paper aims to build a conceptualisation of the entrepreneurial process from major Chinese classical works of thinking, a non-traditional source of management thought. In particular, it argues that a paradoxical perspective of the entrepreneurial process is an appropriate conceptualisation. It follows the perspective that there is a high component of nation-specific or culture-specific contexts in entrepreneurship. This paper covers the concept of paradox in management theory before establishing a link between paradox and the understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena in that a theory of paradoxical logic is an especially appropriate one to analyse the phenomena of creativity and innovation. Applied to two mini-case studies of Chinese entrepreneurs, it is also suggested that reconciling paradoxes is a dynamic capability that allows entrepreneurs to differentiate themselves and when used appropriately, can facilitate innovation and growth of new ventures.

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  • Pi-Shen Seet, 2010. "Conceptualising the entrepreneurial process using Chinese classics: a paradoxical perspective," International Journal of Business and Systems Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(5/6), pages 541-564.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbsre:v:4:y:2010:i:5/6:p:541-564
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    1. Bassam Buhusayen & Pi-Shen Seet & Alan Coetzer, 2021. "Front-Line Management during Radical Organisational Change: Social Exchange and Paradox Interpretations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-26, January.
    2. Jones, Janice & Seet, Pi-Shen & Acker, Tim & Whittle, Michelle, 2021. "Barriers to grassroots innovation: The phenomenon of social-commercial-cultural trilemmas in remote indigenous art centres," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).

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