289 research outputs found
Jere Nash Interview with Neil McMillen (Part 2 of 2)
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with University of Southern Mississippi history professor Neil R. McMillen in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics discussed include Aaron Henry; race relations after the civil rights movement; and William Winter
Entrepreneurs’ creative responses to institutional challenges: insider perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa
No full textEntrepreneurship research in developing countries often uses macro level or meso level analyses of large surveys to examine institutional constraints and enablers of entrepreneurial activities. In contrast, this book contributes to entrepreneurship literature by providing entrepreneurs from two developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to illustrate how their institutional context influences their sustainability practices at the micro level. We analyzed four focus group interviews with 60 entrepreneurship experts and experienced entrepreneurs from Tanzania and Zambia. Their personal experiences and mundane stories offer a more nuanced and insider perspective of the everyday struggles of Tanzanian and Zambian entrepreneurs. We distinguished (a) institutional constraints and enablers, and (b) sustainability practices as responses to those constraints and enablers. In particular, we found that entrepreneurs use creative and bricolage methods of sustainability practices that contribute to some extent to social and environmental well-being. For example, in both countries, entrepreneurs contribute to waste management, recycling, and the creation of employment. From these findings, we will discuss how social and environmental contributions can be enhanced through entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction to the Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice
Full text linkEntrepreneurship as Practice has steadily gained momentum as a scholarly community over the past several years. The Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice (EaP) is a product of this momentum and collective movement towards theories of practice in entrepreneurship studies. This chapter introduces the Research Handbook by outlining the ontological and epistemological theories that constitute EaP as a distinctive theoretical framework. Subsequently, it introduces contributions by leading practice theorists and entrepreneurship scholars that push the conceptual, methodological, and empirical boundaries of EaP in new and fruitful directions. It concludes with opportunities for further development of the Entrepreneurship as Practice research community.</p
Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice: Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice
No full textThis Research Handbook advances entrepreneurship theory in new ways by integrating and contributing to contemporary theories of practice. Leading theorists and entrepreneurship experts, who are part of the growing Entrepreneurship as Practice (EaP) research community, expertly propose methodologies, theories and empirical insights into the constitution and consequences of entrepreneuring practices
ahaim5357/10.17605-osf.io-zcbjx: ASSISTments: XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge
No full textRelease of the dataset and code used to analyze the data collected for Toward Improving Effectiveness of Crowdsourced, On-Demand Assistance From Authors in Online Learning Platforms. This is a project for the ASSISTments X team submitted to the XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge.
Citation
@misc{Haim_Cheng_Prihar_Heffernan_Heffernan_2022,
title={Toward Improving Effectiveness of Crowdsourced, On-Demand Assistance From Authors in Online Learning Platforms},
url={osf.io/zcbjx},
DOI={10.17605/OSF.IO/ZCBJX},
publisher={OSF},
author={Haim, Aaron and Cheng, Li and Prihar, Ethan and Heffernan, Neil T, III and Heffernan, Cristina},
year={2022},
month={Aug}
}We would like to thank the NSF (e.g., 2118725, 2118904, 1950683, 1917808, 1931523, 1940236, 1917713, 1903304, 1822830, 1759229, 1724889, 1636782, & 1535428), IES (e.g., R305N210049, R305D210031, R305A170137, R305A170243, R305A180401, & R305A120125), GAANN (e.g., P200A180088 & P200A150306), EIR (U411B190024 & S411B210024), ONR (N00014-18-1-2768), and Schmidt Futures. None of the opinions expressed here are that of the funders. We are funded under an NHI grant (R44GM146483) with Teachly as a SBIR
[Book Review of:] Betsy Campbell <i>Practice Theory in Action: Empirical Studies of Interaction in Innovation and Entrepreneurship</i>:Empirical Studies of Interaction in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Full text linkUnpacking collective judging practices in entrepreneurial pitching competitions:a social practice perspective
No full textPrevious research on entrepreneurial pitching has tended to explain pitching outcomes based on judges' perceptions of both entrepreneurs and their business plans. This focus on judges' perceptions of entrepreneurs fails to appreciate the social practices that play out between judges as they attempt to reach a consensus in their decisions. This research thereby contributes to the fields of entrepreneurial pitching and practice studies of entrepreneurship by unpacking the social practices involved as groups of judges actually make their decisions. The study draws on audio recordings of judging discussions at a three-day hackathon event involving 250 contestants across 30 entrepreneurial teams. Through conversational analysis, we zoom in on the relational and temporal conversational practices that play out in judging discussions to understand how judges move from individual perceptions of pitches towards consensus decisions. Our findings reveal the conversational turns that play out in judging discussions and highlight three dominant practices that shape collective decisions: Alliance Building, Politicking, and Undermining.<br/
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3 Essays on Vintage Products and Second-Hand Retail Establishments
Full text linkNow more than ever, consumers are deciding to forgo modern products and are buying vintage instead. Yet, despite the growing importance of vintage products in the consumer marketplace, research investigating why consumers buy old, often outdated products remains limited. Research that examines customer shopping behavior in second-hand retail markets, were vintage products are bought and sold, is similarly rare. What drives consumers to buy vintage products? What factors influence customer-shopping behavior at second-hand retailers? This three-paper dissertation addresses these gaps by developing better and more actionable insights into why some consumers purchase vintage items. Furthermore, this three-paper dissertation looks to explain customer-shopping behavior and drives consumers to make a purchase at second-hand retail establishments
How to Open Science: A Reproducibility Author Survey of the Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference
No full textA peer review with author input analyzing the open science principles and reproducibility of full papers, short papers, and posters sent to the 22nd and 23rd Artificial Intelligence in Education conference
Why do sustainable ventures fail to attract management talent?
No full textEntrepreneurship is widely recognized to play a crucial role in transitioning societies towards sustainability, yet sustainable ventures often have difficulty in attracting talentedmanagement employees that are necessary to scale their sustainable opportunities. This study examined 19 qualitative interviews with three interviewgroups (human resourcemanagers of sustainable ventures, recently hired employees at sustainable ventures, andmanagement professionals looking for employment opportunities) to explain the impediments of attractingmanagement talent andwhat competitive advantages sustainable ventures may have in the labourmarket. We discuss howthese findings have theoretical and practical implications for scholars and sustainable entrepreneurs by drawing out a number of ways that sustainable ventures may attract management professionals
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