Social Structure, Reasonable Gain, and Entrepreneurship in Africa

• Main Authors: GEORGE, Gerard, KOTHA, Reddi, PARIKH, Priti, ALNUAIMI, Tufool, BAHAJ, Abubakr S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Africa; Entry; Reasonable Gain; Affordable Loss; Effectuation; Poverty; Mobility; Occupational Change; Gender; Women; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4196; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5195/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the context of desperate poverty, characterized by households at subsistence level that experience economic loss and social fracture, explanations for why individuals undertake entry into entrepreneurship are limited. We find that individuals rely on their social relationships to enable entrepren...