Purpose: This paper aims to examine the pattern of publications, using a bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy (JEC) for the period between 2007 and 2021. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses relevant bibliometric...

Despite many of New Zealand's current economic successes, a transformation of the country's economy from its dependence on agricultural commodities towards a stronger reliance on modern, knowledge-based businesses is called for. It will require a major contribution from the country's small...

Relatively little is known about entrepreneurial activities of the sub-Arctic. This explanatory study compares the existing theories of entrepreneurship with the findings of an ethnographic study of entrepreneurs in a small Alaskan town. In the study, the word "entrepreneurs" refers to...

This essay is an argument for using qualitativemethods in entrepreneurship research. Since entrepreneurs are influenced byculture, to gain a holistic understanding of the entrepreneurial process, themost effective research method is the case study in which the important aspectsof environment are...

This exploration of indigenous development as socialentrepreneurship begins with a discussion of the importance and context ofindigenous development globally and in Canada in particular. This is followedby a review of development theory and an assessment of the theoreticalfeasibility of the...

The European Charter for Small Enterprises recognises that small firms are the backbone of the European economy. Yet books on the topic are few. An author requires courage to cover such a large set of different views, perceptions and realities about entrepreneurship, even within the limited area...

Purpose: Are entrepreneurial opportunities are discovered or created? The debate around this question has crucial implications for successful organizational change management in the business world. The present conceptual article transcends this debate by embedding the concept of the...

This study introduced a first cut of entrepreneurial desires and nexus of opportunity and entrepreneurial intentions. In this study we examine the characteristics of the two concepts desire and intention by integrating the time dimensions using the concept of temporal distance, which assumes...

In this paper, we explore mining in Arctic Canada from the perspective of the people on the communities there, in particular the Inuit, the pre-colonial people of the area. To do so, we first provide a brief overview of the history of mining in Canada including recent incursions into Nunavut....