Sub-theme 49: Necessity Entrepreneurship: Inclusion, Identity, and Ingenuity

Convenors:
Sophie Bacq, IMD Business School, Switzerland
Katrin M. Smolka, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, U7-P-1-05
Necessity Entrepreneurship's Inclusionary and Exclusionary Community Dynamics
Chair: Sophie Bacq
Emily S. Block, Kenneth Ogendo and Andrea C. Marquez
Health provider or debt collector? The unintended consequences of integrating income generating activities with community health interventions in Kenya
Jill Purdy
How bias, exclusion, and community support shape necessity entrepreneurship in developed environments
Elisa Montori, Ambra Mazzelli, James T. Carter and Ke Michael Mai
Redefining necessity: Racial discrimination and black entrepreneurship
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, U7-P-1-05
The Power of Female Necessity Entrepreneurship
Chair: Katrin M. Smolka
Sevda Rizehkar and S.M. Musa
WE (Women entrepreneurs) are important!
Eunice Cascant
Dynamic capability development and entrepreneurial reskilling of women refugee social entrepreneurs in France
Shamirah Najjinda and Kasimu Sendawula
The contribution of necessity entrepreneurship in fostering the wellbeing of women entrepreneurs: Empirical evidence from the rural context of Uganda
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, U7-P-1-05
Necessity Entrepreneurs in Precarious Contexts
Chair: Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens
Thilde Langevang, Rebecca Namatovu and Katherine Gough
Reconceptualizing necessity entrepreneurship as the pursuit of livelihoods
Denver Berman-Jacob
Garage economy: Agency and necessity entrepreneurship in post-authoritarian regimes
Vinayak R. Tripathi, Neha Arora and Swati Ghulyani
Organizing the un-organized: Street vendor’s food festival
Abrar Ali Saiyed, Mujtaba Ahsan and Sondos Abdelgawad
Entrepreneur's collective identity: Understanding stigmatization and pathway pivots
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, U7-P-1-05
Necessity Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Logic
Chair: Katrin M. Smolka
Léna Prouchet, Greg Molecke and Stefano Pascucci
Effectuation as a response to causation: A new understanding of ‘entrepreneurship for development’ projects
Akbar Saeed and Ahmad Faraz Khan
Examining the influence of decision-making logics and post-training supports on the development of leadership life skills amongst NE graduates of an entrepreneurship training program in Uganda
Alexander Glosenberg, Anita Shankar and Michael Gielnik
A proposed model for promoting entrepreneurial innovation and proactivity among necessity entrepreneurs via training
Session V: Friday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, U7-P-1-05
Innovative Methods for Studying Necessity Entrepreneurship
Chair: Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens
Bernadetta Ginting-Szczesny
From the ground up: Unpacking the visual representation of necessity entrepreneurship
Chad D. Coffman, Sanwar Sunny and Griffin Cottle
Measuring necessity entrepreneurship
Ryan S. Coles, Andrew J. Foley and Wesley Sine
The family that builds the iron cage together, stays together… or does it? An intervention assessing the impact of formal structure on family firms in Peru
Session VI: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, U7-P-1-05
Necessity Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Human Resilience
Chair: Sophie Bacq
Michelle A. Richey and Monder Ram
Nurturing trust and alignment in a refugee camp: The role of community-based business advisors
Ramzi Fathallah, Dean A. Shepherd and Jay Joseph
Stretching the present time: How entrepreneurs endure in precarious conditions
Jérémie Renouf, Julien Billion and Christel Tessier-Dargent
Unconventional entrepreneurship as a path to empowerment: The case of entrepreneurs with down syndrome in the United States
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, U7-P-1-05
The Networks and Relationships of Necessity Entrepreneurs
Chair: Sophie Bacq & Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens
George Kuk, Stephanie Giamporcaro and Camille Meyer
Braiding the rope: Exploring relational work with complementary currency in necessity entrepreneurship
Johanna Fischer, Christiana Weber and Julia Brennecke
Exploring necessity entrepreneurs’ positive and negative network ties – Contextualized insights from Sub-Saharan Africa
Christine H. Mooney, Furkan Gur, Maija Renko, Maya Mitre Anaya and Elly Rohrer
The role of relationships in motivating and sustaining micro-enterprises
Session VIII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, U7-P-1-05
Psychological Foundations of Necessity Entrepreneurship
Chair: Katrin M. Smolka
Ali E. Ahmed, Deniz Ucbasaran and Gabriella Cacciotti
Isn’t it just necessity entrepreneurship? Basic needs and beyond
Muhammad Muhammad
The Necessity mosaic: Necessity entrepreneurship across the spectrum of need
Maria Paola Ometto and Carly Offidani-Bertrand
Psychological necessity entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurs from marginalized communities and their quest for agency and safety