Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A review and future research directions

被引:351
作者
Sutter, Christopher [1 ]
Bruton, Garry D. [2 ,4 ]
Chen, Juanyi [3 ]
机构
[1] Miami Univ, Farmer Sch Business, Oxford, OH 45056 USA
[2] Texas Christian Univ, Neeley Sch Business, Management, Ft Worth, TX 76129 USA
[3] Jilin Univ, Sch Managemem, Changchun, Jilin, Peoples R China
[4] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Business, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Entrepreneurship; Poverty alleviation; Entrepreneurial process; Developing countries; Poverty; THE-PYRAMID MARKETS; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INCLUSIVE GROWTH; INFORMAL FIRMS; START-UP; MICROFINANCE; BUSINESS; BASE; ENTERPRISE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.06.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Entrepreneurship is widely argued to be critical for alleviating extreme poverty. However, research on this topic is characterized by diverging perspectives regarding poverty alleviation and remains fragmented across various research domains. This review examines 77 leading academic journals over the period 1990 to 2017 and identifies over 200 articles on entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation. The analysis of these articles highlights three different underlying perspectives: poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship as remediation (actions that address immediate resource concerns), reform (actions leading to substantive institutional changes), and revolution (actions that change the underlying capitalist-based assumptions of business). The analysis of these articles leads to the development of extensive new insights and opportunities for future research.
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页码:197 / 214
页数:18
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