ABSTRACT

The mobilization of resources is an essential challenge for entrepreneurs. Existing research suggests that access to standard and high-quality resources is an important condition for entrepreneurial success, yet such resources are often out of reach for entrepreneurs. In this study, we explore entrepreneurial resource mobilization in resource-constrained peripheral locations. We identify three activities together constituting an underlying logic of spatial bricolage, defined as making do with the resources at hand in the immediate spatial context. Further, we suggest that the likelihood and prevalence of this logic of action is both situational and dispositional, as individual and contextual factors combine to generate important differences in the resource mobilization activities of the entrepreneurs. Our study contributes to a contextualized understanding of entrepreneurship by showing how spatial bricolage as a distinct logic can help entrepreneurs overcome resource constraints, and how the spatial context incorporates an important dimension of what constitutes ‘at hand’ in entrepreneurial bricolage.

摘要

对企业家来说，调动资源是一项重大挑战。现有研究表明，获得标准和高质量的资源是企业家成功的重要条件，但是这类资源通常对于企业家来说是遥不可及的。在这项研究中，我们探索资源受限的外围地区的企业家资源动员。我们确定了三个活动，这些活动共同构成了空间Bricolage的基本逻辑，定义为使用当前空间上下文中的手头资源。此外，我们认为这种行动逻辑的可能性和普遍性都是情境性和倾向性的，因为个体和环境因素相结合会在企业家的资源动员活动中产生重要的差异。