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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Entrepreneurs form and grow businesses in relation to the localised context around them (structure) and also through their own choices and actions (agency). In this way, structure and agency intersect in the lived experiences of entrepreneurs. The purpose of this work is to explore entrepreneurial agency in two ecosystems that, as structures, constrain entrepreneurship within them: Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) and Perth (Australia). We add to extant analysis that empirically looks at the active agency entrepreneurs participate in, as they attempt to overcome the structural level constraints they encounter. Methodologically, we draw on phenomenological data, arriving at a highly detailed insight, drawing attention to the strong local entrepreneurial communities and distinctive cognitive mindsets that entrepreneurs in the ecosystems we study have agentically developed and cultivated. We suggest how future analysis of entrepreneurial agency may unfold and consider the implications of our insight from a policy implementation perspective.
Author(s): Giazitzoglu A, Volery T, Musu A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 21/10/2024
Acceptance date: 24/09/2024
Date deposited: 23/10/2024
ISSN (print): 1465-7503
ISSN (electronic): 2043-6882
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503241289865
DOI: 10.1177/14657503241289865
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