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TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding entrepreneurial opportunities through metaphors
T2 - A narrative approach to theorising family entrepreneurship
AU - Discua Cruz, Allan
AU - Hamilton, Eleanor
AU - Jack, Sarah
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development on 20/02/2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08985626.2020.1727089.
PY - 2021/8/31
Y1 - 2021/8/31
N2 - The concept of opportunity is central to entrepreneurship theory. This article contributes to theorizing family entrepreneurship across generations by examining how entrepreneurial opportunities are constructed, communicated, and acted upon at the intersection between family and business. Drawing on the experiences of four families in different business sectors in Honduras, the study adopts a narrative perspective and argues that metaphors of entrepreneurial opportunity can enrich our understanding of family entrepreneurship. Findings also suggest that metaphors play a role in developing entrepreneurial legacy. This study of metaphors of opportunity, and how they might entail entrepreneurial legacy, opens up new avenues for theorizing intergenerational family entrepreneurship. In examining the metaphors referring to entrepreneurial practices developed and repeated in the family, this study contributes to understanding family entrepreneurship as a social and discursive process where meanings and values are communicated and maintained in everyday interactions.
AB - The concept of opportunity is central to entrepreneurship theory. This article contributes to theorizing family entrepreneurship across generations by examining how entrepreneurial opportunities are constructed, communicated, and acted upon at the intersection between family and business. Drawing on the experiences of four families in different business sectors in Honduras, the study adopts a narrative perspective and argues that metaphors of entrepreneurial opportunity can enrich our understanding of family entrepreneurship. Findings also suggest that metaphors play a role in developing entrepreneurial legacy. This study of metaphors of opportunity, and how they might entail entrepreneurial legacy, opens up new avenues for theorizing intergenerational family entrepreneurship. In examining the metaphors referring to entrepreneurial practices developed and repeated in the family, this study contributes to understanding family entrepreneurship as a social and discursive process where meanings and values are communicated and maintained in everyday interactions.
KW - Family entrepreneurship
KW - Entrepreneurial opportunity
KW - Narratives
KW - Metaphor
U2 - 10.1080/08985626.2020.1727089
DO - 10.1080/08985626.2020.1727089
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 405
EP - 426
JO - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
JF - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
SN - 0898-5626
IS - 5-6
ER -