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Disadvantage Entrepreneurship: Decoding a New Area of Research
Author(s) -
Maalaoui Adnane,
Ratten Vanessa,
Heilbrunn Sibylle,
Brannback Malin,
Kraus Sascha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1111/emre.12424
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , entrepreneurship , disadvantage , sociology , field (mathematics) , focus (optics) , social entrepreneurship , public relations , economic growth , political science , economics , physics , law , mathematics , optics , pure mathematics
This paper discusses disadvantaged entrepreneurship by exploring what is meant by the term and then taking a broad approach towards its understanding as a research field worthy of more attention. We consider entrepreneurship as a support to the social and economic integration of disadvantaged people through their creation of new enterprises. Although the focus is on the positive benefits of entrepreneurship for disadvantaged people, we also acknowledge the undesirable realization that it can often be a necessity for those facing societal marginalization