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At the heart of things The role of the “married” couple in entrepreneurship and family business

At the heart of things The role of the “married” couple in entrepreneurship and family business Purpose – The paper aims to develop an expanded conceptualisation of copreneurship, locating it within the family embeddedness perspective on entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon entrepreneurship and family business literatures in order to identify the concept of copreneurship within both traditions. Findings – Copreneurship has been examined by researchers in both fields and, although there are limitations to the current understanding, it clearly represents an important phenomenon, and the role of spousal support in entrepreneurship being identified as particularly significant. Research limitations/implications – By locating copreneurship as a key link between the entrepreneurship and family business literatures, this paper offers a useful basis for framing subsequent work using insight from both fields. Practical implications – Copreneurship, and other forms of small family firms, represent a high proportion of new ventures and there are, therefore, considerable policy benefits to gaining greater understanding of the dynamics of such ventures. Originality/value – The paper offers an expanded conceptualisation of copreneurship which both increases its utility as a construct and highlight key definitional issues for future research. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research Emerald Publishing

At the heart of things The role of the “married” couple in entrepreneurship and family business

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1355-2554
DOI
10.1108/13552551011071850
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Abstract

Purpose – The paper aims to develop an expanded conceptualisation of copreneurship, locating it within the family embeddedness perspective on entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon entrepreneurship and family business literatures in order to identify the concept of copreneurship within both traditions. Findings – Copreneurship has been examined by researchers in both fields and, although there are limitations to the current understanding, it clearly represents an important phenomenon, and the role of spousal support in entrepreneurship being identified as particularly significant. Research limitations/implications – By locating copreneurship as a key link between the entrepreneurship and family business literatures, this paper offers a useful basis for framing subsequent work using insight from both fields. Practical implications – Copreneurship, and other forms of small family firms, represent a high proportion of new ventures and there are, therefore, considerable policy benefits to gaining greater understanding of the dynamics of such ventures. Originality/value – The paper offers an expanded conceptualisation of copreneurship which both increases its utility as a construct and highlight key definitional issues for future research.

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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 17, 2010

Keywords: Entrepreneurialism; Family firms; Spouses

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