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Emergence of entrepreneurial populations: a feature dimensionality approach

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  • Min Liu

    (Durham University)

  • Arjen Witteloostuijn

    (VU University Amsterdam
    University of Antwerp)

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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.

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  • Min Liu & Arjen Witteloostuijn, 2020. "Emergence of entrepreneurial populations: a feature dimensionality approach," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 54(4), pages 971-989, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:54:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s11187-018-0126-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-018-0126-1
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    Keywords

    New entrepreneurial population; Feature dimensionality; Organization ecology; Sustainable entrepreneurship;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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