OPUS 4 | Understanding Entrepreneurship in the Socio-economic Context: Qualitative Explorations of the Contextual Facets of Entrepreneurial Action
Summary
Thus, this doctoral thesis explores facets of entrepreneurial action shaped by socio-economic context as a system of contextual factors and inherent actors with whom the entrepreneur interacts. The purpose of this dissertation is to advance the contextualisation of entrepreneurship theory by shedding light on distinct types of entrepreneurs and their respective contexts. Manuscript 2 explores students and their emotions in their entrepreneurial self-regulated learning experiences within an action-based entrepreneurship education (EE) task setting. Manuscript 3 extends ESO literature by identifying key themes of the business incubation process in refugee entrepreneurship context and incorporating the dimensions of (mixed) embeddedness theory. This dissertation emphasises the role of social dynamics, emotions, and stakeholder collaboration in entrepreneurial action across various contexts, offering practical implications for practitioners and educators.