Creating space for play/invention - Concepts of space and organizational entrepreneurship
(2004) In Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 16(5). p.413-432- Abstract
This paper focuses on how one can relate management thinking/practices to entrepreneurial processes in the context of formal organization. In order to do this we develop a number of related 'spatial concepts' providing us with the possibility of describing entrepreneurship as a 'creation and use of space for play/innovation'. Using concepts of space, the managerial and the entrepreneurial dimensions and perspectives on organizing creativity become highly visible in the case studied. This is a field study (within the ethnographic tradition) focusing on an organizational transformation of a former public authority into a competitive limited company. A distinction between managerialism and 'entrepreneurship as event' is proposed as... (More)
This paper focuses on how one can relate management thinking/practices to entrepreneurial processes in the context of formal organization. In order to do this we develop a number of related 'spatial concepts' providing us with the possibility of describing entrepreneurship as a 'creation and use of space for play/innovation'. Using concepts of space, the managerial and the entrepreneurial dimensions and perspectives on organizing creativity become highly visible in the case studied. This is a field study (within the ethnographic tradition) focusing on an organizational transformation of a former public authority into a competitive limited company. A distinction between managerialism and 'entrepreneurship as event' is proposed as conceptually fruitful as well as useful for discussing recommendations to managers for how to handle entrepreneurial processes. A minimal and contextual role for management is suggested when aspiring to support the creations of space for play/invention, for example, for entrepreneurship as forms of organizational creativity.
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- author
- Hjorth, Daniel LU
- publishing date
- 2004-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- De Certeau, Entrepreneurship, Invention, Organization, Space, Strategy/tactics
- in
- Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
- volume
- 16
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:5044235206
- ISSN
- 0898-5626
- DOI
- 10.1080/0898562042000197144
- language
- English
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- 02f40f90-c2f6-41d0-8415-08f6634c9a0e
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pages = {{413--432}},
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series = {{Entrepreneurship and Regional Development}},
title = {{Creating space for play/invention - Concepts of space and organizational entrepreneurship}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0898562042000197144}},
doi = {{10.1080/0898562042000197144}},
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