Told through case studies of entrepreneurs, companies and social enterprises, Whariki weaves together business theory and day-to-day practice to analyse Maori commercial leadership. From Tai Tokerau (Northland) to Otepoti (Dunedin), these are stories of business leadership informed by...

Purpose Exploring the links between resilience, sustainability and entrepreneurship from an indigenous perspective means exploring the historic and socio-cultural context out of which a community originates. From this perspective, informed insight into a community’s ability to adapt and to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance of taking into account contextual factors when building governing mechanisms, so that the subsequent processes and structures are appropriate and sustainable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilises the singular...

This article explores some of the theoretical insights emerging from work in the field of social entrepreneurship and complexity theory. It draws on a neo-Schumpeterian understanding of innovation as self-organization, as it arises in the process of social entrepreneurship. Drawing on complexity...

Purpose – This paper examines the models used to teach and encourage indigenous entrepreneurial activity, with a focus on indigenous entrepreneurship in a Maori context. Design/methodology/approach – In particular, the paper explores the pedagogical challenges from the perspective of...