Entrepreneurial Responses to Chronic Adversity : : The Bright, the Dark, and the in Between.

• Author: Shepherd, Dean A.
• TeilnehmendeR: Parida, Vinit.; Wincent, Joakim.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages)

Table of Contents

Entrepreneurial Responses to Chronic Adversity -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Making Do with the Resources at Hand to Improve One's Life and Others' Lives -- Introduction -- Inclusive Growth -- Creative Problem Solving Under Resource Scarcity -- Our Context-Jugaad in Rural India -- Stimulating Creativity: Experiencing Adversity -- From a Knowing Perspective -- To Problematize the Situation -- Jugaad: Creative Problem Solving -- Dual Impact of Jugaad -- Discussion -- Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Entrepreneurs Alleviating Poverty Through Educating Their Children -- Introduction -- Poverty as Context -- Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation -- A Slum Entrepreneurship Approach to Alleviating Poverty -- The Purpose of Slum Entrepreneurship: Sacrificing the Self for One's Children -- Slum Conditions Creating Strong (Not Weak) Communities -- Slum Communities Facilitating Entrepreneurial Success -- Slums and Entrepreneurs' Health -- Slum Entrepreneurs and Their Children's Educational Attainment -- A Model of Slum Entrepreneurs' Poverty Alleviation -- Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Refugee Entrepreneurs Building and Displaying Resilience -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Findings -- The Refugee Context of Substantial and Persistent (Objective) Adversity -- Refugees Acting Entrepreneurially to Overcome Constraints -- Acting Entrepreneurially Facilitates Refugees' Integration Efforts -- Refugee Entrepreneurs' Resilience Outcomes -- Reciprocal Relationships -- Entrepreneurial Action and Resilience to Substantial and Persistent Adversity -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Women Entrepreneurs Flourishing or Languishing at the Bottom of the Pyramid -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Women's Entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid.

Entrepreneurship Training and the Development of Psychological Capital -- Psychological Capital and Well-Being -- Context -- Findings -- Shared Trajectories Before Venture Creation -- An Entrepreneurship Program and Flourishing -- An Entrepreneurship Program and Languishing -- Diverging Trajectories After Venture Creation: The Nature of Expectations -- Differences in Expectations: Work Experience and Family Support -- A Model of Women Entrepreneurs Flourishing or Languishing -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Personal Adversity and Justifying Illegal and Costly Entrepreneurial Action -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Destructive and Necessity Entrepreneurship -- Unethical Behavior and Moral Disengagement -- Context -- Findings -- Personal Adversity -- Outcomes of Entrepreneurial Action -- Justifying Entrepreneurial Action That Causes Harm to Others -- Discussion -- Implications for Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 An Entrepreneurial Process for Exploiting Vulnerable People's Labor -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Entrepreneurial Process of Human Exploitation -- Social Cognitive Theory and Loss of Agency -- Entrapment -- Context -- The Entrepreneurial Process of Human Trafficking in the Sex Industry -- Findings -- Deceptive Recruiting of the Vulnerable -- Entrapping Through Isolation -- Eliminating Alternatives by Building Barriers -- Converting the Exploited to Exploiters -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Corruption as Corporate Entrepreneurship -- Introduction -- Background -- Context -- Findings -- Ventures Promoting Corruption Within a Government Organization -- Anti-corruption Efforts as New Sources of Opportunities for Bribery -- A Micro-level Demand-Side Model of Bribery -- Bribery Within Government Organizations -- Agents Brokering Bribery -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References.

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