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Entrepreneurship and institutional change special issue in entrepreneurship and regional development
One of the most promising lines of inquiry in entrepreneurial studies is that exploring the influence of institutions on enterprising behaviour and organisations. It draws upon theoretical insights provided by old and new institutionalists, and economic sociologists: introducing notions such as governance structures, power and trust, the cost of transacting, habits and embeddedness in entrepreneurship research. Within this context, researchers view (invariably implicitly) institutions as given, and individuals or social groupings as malleable agents whose actions – in part or in whole – may be externally defined. This assumption rests upon the widely held conceptualisation of institutions as the repository of common knowledge and the embodiment of accepted practice in society. Institutions are stable, and maybe resistant to change, but not unchangeable. Evidence supporting this argument emanates from historical studies into the development process as well as more recent transition studies. However, to date there is little research into the role of entrepreneurs in shaping institutions. This is despite the fact that the innovator-entrepreneur (as conceived by Schumpeter) may be legitimately viewed as one of the main drivers of institutional change.
Within this context, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development would like to invite papers exploring how entrepreneurs may influence (positively or negatively) the process of institutional change at the local, regional and national level. The papers will form a Special Issue on the theme of Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change. This will be co edited by Prof. Christos Kalantaridis (University of Salford) and Dr Denise Fletcher (University of Sheffield).
Papers may be conceptual or evidence-based. However, even evidence-based papers must gain insights from, and explore implications for theory. Thus, papers may exploit conceptual frameworks derived from oft used approaches, such as old and new institutionalisms and economic sociology. However, insights may be gained from robust but relatively less commonly deployed theoretical constructs such as Austrian and Schumpeterian economics, economic anthropology, economic history, development studies etc.
There are a number of areas of work that would be central to the Special Issue. These include the following:
* Entrepreneurial innovation as a driver of institutional change.
* Entrepreneurs and institutional development at the local and regional level.
* Social and community entrepreneurship and changing norms and institutions.
* Entrepreneurship, state capture and/or other forms of interaction with the state in influencing institutions.
* Entrepreneurship and the cost of transacting: power, trust and beyond
* Entrepreneurial conflict regarding the pace and direction of change.
* Entrepreneurs as obstacles in the process of institutional change.
* Destructive. entrepreneurship and institutional change.
Moreover, there are a number of areas that, though narrow and specialist, may provide useful insights into the core processes above. These include:
* The role of entrepreneurial individuals in shaping the institutional con text
* among ethnic minority groupings.
* Agricultural and rural entrepreneurs and changing property rights on lands .
* especially in cases where private property rights are introduced.
* Global entrepreneurs that may instigate discontinuous change at the local level.
The Special Issue is open to any rigorous methodological frameworks: both quantitative and qualitative. Papers may focus upon different levels of scholarly research. These may comprise of localised studies focusing at the micro-level, research at the meso-level, as well as macro-level national studies. Research on how entrepreneurs may influence the process of institutional change has significant implications not merely on policy formulation, but, more fundamentally, on defining the boundaries and limitations of policy actions. Therefore, authors are encouraged to explore the policy dimensions of their work.
The deadline for the submission of the papers is the 30th of September 2008. Papers will go through rigorous refereeing process in October-November. Authors of strong papers will also be invited to attend a Workshop, in order to strengthen the coherence of the Special Issue. It is envisaged that the Workshop will take place in the UK in early January 2009. Successful papers will appear in print in late 2009.
Deadline: September 30, 2008
Issue Date: November 30, 2009
Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/tepnauth.asp
Contact Info: Christos Kalantaridis
phone: 44(0)161- 2955184
email address: c.kalantaridis@salford.ac.uk
Address – Centre for Enterprise and Innovation Research
Salford Business School
Manchester., UK M5 4WT
United Kingdom
