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Can Social Exclusion Against “Older Entrepreneurs” Be Managed?

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  • Ewald Kibler
  • Thomas Wainwright
  • Teemu Kautonen
  • Robert Blackburn

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This paper investigates how sources of social exclusion and support emerge within an “older” entrepreneur's immediate environment, and how this affects the development of their small business. Based on 22 in‐depth interviews in ondon, nited ingdom, we suggest how older entrepreneurs with different backgrounds are able to manage social exclusion, and identify four coping strategies—passive negotiation, active negotiation, modification, and avoidance. We argue that, if “older entrepreneurship” (people starting a business aged 50 or older) is to flourish, both entrepreneurs and support initiatives need to become sensitive to the diversity of sources of discrimination and strategies to manage them.

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  • Ewald Kibler & Thomas Wainwright & Teemu Kautonen & Robert Blackburn, 2015. "Can Social Exclusion Against “Older Entrepreneurs” Be Managed?," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(S1), pages 193-208, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:53:y:2015:i:s1:p:193-208
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12194
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    1. Matthews, Michael J. & Anglin, Aaron H. & Drover, Will & Wolfe, Marcus T., 2024. "Just a number? Using artificial intelligence to explore perceived founder age in entrepreneurial fundraising," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 39(1).
    2. Yaron Zelekha & Gitit Kavé, 2022. "Entrepreneurial tendency across the adult lifespan," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(2), pages 1-18, February.

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