TY - JOUR
T1 - Indigenous culture and entrepreneurship in small businesses in Australia
AU - Collins, Jock
AU - Morrison, Mark
AU - Basu, Parikshit
AU - Krivokapic-Skoko, Branka
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Australian Research Council Linkage (Grant LP110100698) ?Determining the factors influencing the success of private and community-owned Indigenous businesses across remote, regional and urban Australia'.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The impact of Indigenous culture on Indigenous entrepreneurs in Australian small to medium-sized enterprises is outlined in this paper. Qualitative interviews with 38 Indigenous entrepreneurs were carried out across urban, regional, rural, and remote locations Australia. This article argues that the relationship between Indigenous culture and Indigenous entrepreneurship is complex and sometimes contradictory. This complexity arises for various reasons including: (1) the great diversity within the Australian Indigenous community; (2) the fact that most Indigenous people have non-Indigenous partners; and (3) the way in which racial discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage has impacted on Indigenous communities and indigenous culture in Australia. Exploring the evolution of Australian Indigenous enterprises and entrepreneurs from the late 1980s to present, this article provides unique insight into the complexity of the social, cultural, and economic dynamics that shape Indigenous entrepreneurship across Australia.
AB - The impact of Indigenous culture on Indigenous entrepreneurs in Australian small to medium-sized enterprises is outlined in this paper. Qualitative interviews with 38 Indigenous entrepreneurs were carried out across urban, regional, rural, and remote locations Australia. This article argues that the relationship between Indigenous culture and Indigenous entrepreneurship is complex and sometimes contradictory. This complexity arises for various reasons including: (1) the great diversity within the Australian Indigenous community; (2) the fact that most Indigenous people have non-Indigenous partners; and (3) the way in which racial discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage has impacted on Indigenous communities and indigenous culture in Australia. Exploring the evolution of Australian Indigenous enterprises and entrepreneurs from the late 1980s to present, this article provides unique insight into the complexity of the social, cultural, and economic dynamics that shape Indigenous entrepreneurship across Australia.
KW - Australian SMEs
KW - cosmopolitan entrepreneurs
KW - Indigenous culture
KW - Indigenous entrepreneurs
KW - racial discrimination
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U2 - 10.1080/13215906.2017.1289855
DO - 10.1080/13215906.2017.1289855
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85035781150
VL - 24
SP - 36
EP - 48
JO - Small enterprises research: the journal of SEAANZ
JF - Small enterprises research: the journal of SEAANZ
SN - 1321-5906
IS - 1
ER -