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Enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Caribbean region: introduction to the special issue

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posted on 2023-06-09, 19:38 authored by Indianna D Minto-Coy, Jonathan G Lashley, David Storey
Entrepreneurship as a pseudo-discipline has matured to the point where it has begun to question the myths which have developed around it. As a panacea for the development ills of capitalism, studies have spanned various ideological and methodological viewpoints. Spatially, entrepreneurship studies have grown to include countries of the Global South and emerging economies, particularly those of Eastern Europe. This special issue extends this reach to the small developing states of the Caribbean and particularly those with a British colonial legacy rooted in the remnants of the plantation economy. The commencement of political independence in the 1960s has not resulted in any significant economic independence for the region as it remains dependent on foreign investment, whilst its key sectors remain subject to the volatility of the economies of the global north. The papers in this special issue identify domestic and enterprise level constraints to the development of entrepreneurship in the region. This Introduction places these, mostly micro-level studies, in a wider context, concluding that policy-makers need to better understand the concept of entrepreneurship and its role in achieving developmental goals. Our challenging recommendation is that those formulating and delivering these policies and practices should do so with an entrepreneurial mind-set.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

ISSN

0898-5626

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

9-10

Volume

30

Page range

921-941

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  • Strategy and Marketing Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-11-25

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-06-07

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-11-25

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