An institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in a conflict environment

Farid Ullah · Lorraine Warren

65 citations0/0 files storedInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management and Organizational Studies Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Abstract

Purpose – In this paper, an institutional perspective is used to examine the different kinds of pressures on entrepreneurs manifest in a conflict environment. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how they respond to the conflict and establish legitimacy for their entrepreneurship in the challenging context of the north western areas of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, a qualitative approach is taken based on semi-structured interviews from 16 different firms in the Swat valley. Findings – The entrepreneurs undertake different strategies towards dealing with conflict and establishing legitimacy. These strategies are identified and examined in relation to the interactions between entrepreneurial behaviour and institutional pressures. Research limitations/implications – Qualitative research on a small sample inevitably presents a limitation on the generalisability of this work. Further research could employ quantitative methods to address this issue. One particular location is studied, so future research could be carried out in other countries or regions with similar problems. Practical implications – The study may have value for policymakers who need to know more about how to support ongoing businesses in difficult regions. Social implications – Better understanding of the needs of small business may in time contribute to a better business climate in difficult regions. Originality/value – A new dimension is added to institutional theory through its application in the very uncertain environment between all-out war and ongoing violence, identifying the possibility of weak agency for institutional change. Further, the study contributes to the growing body of literature on entrepreneurship in conflict environments.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 65 citations exist upstream.

References

1994Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook 2004Case Study Research 1991Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes 1991STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES 2003The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country 2005Creating Something from Nothing: Resource Construction through Entrepreneurial Bricolage 1996Entrepreneurship: Productive, unproductive, and destructive 2000STRATEGY IN EMERGING ECONOMIES.

Cited by

2018Firms with benefits: A systematic review of responsible entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility literature 2023Does resource bricolage foster SMEs' competitive advantage and financial performance? A resource‐based perspective 2018Systematic review: entrepreneurship in conflict and post conflict 2019Intellectual capital and resilience in torn societies 2019Formal institutions, informal institutions and entrepreneurial activity: A comparative relationship between rural and urban areas in Colombia

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.