Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how entrepreneurial bricolage empowers smallholder commercial farming, from a family business perspective.

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed a multiple case study design to analyse entrepreneurial bricolage in smallholder commercial farming in Uganda. It used multiple data collection methods and applied content analytical tchniques to establish cross-case correlations, patterns and relationships to aid in theory development and testing.

Findings

The study shows that entrepreneurial bricolage empowers smallholder commercialization through resource reallocation, improvization and prioritization as interconnected, self-reinforcing bricolage processes in smallholder farming. It provides evidence of how smallholder farms may not enact institutional limits, and overcome constraints imposed by their resource environments. It further reveals that smallholder commercial farms can be construed as family businesses given the interconnected relationship between farming business, family and smallholder farm(er).

Research limitations/implications

The study was conducted in smallholder farms hence results may be used cautiously in other sectors and economies where resource environments are not structurally defined. However, it provides lessons for family businesses in developed countries particularly the micro- and small businesses. It also renders smallholder farming as a lucrative area for family business research.

Originality/value

This study deepens our understanding of bricolage in smallholder farming and provides a springboard for scholarship in enhancing smallholder commercialization. It proposes a model for entrepreneurial bricolage in smallholder commercial farming.

中文翻译：

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小农商业农业中的创业拼凑：家族企业的视角

目的

本文的目的是从家族企业的角度分析创业拼凑如何为小农商业农业赋能。

设计/方法/方法

该研究采用多案例研究设计来分析乌干达小农商业农业中的创业拼凑。它使用多种数据收集方法并应用内容分析技术来建立跨案例关联、模式和关系，以帮助理论开发和测试。

发现

该研究表明，创业拼凑通过资源重新分配、即兴创作和优先排序，作为小农农业中相互关联、自我强化的拼凑过程，增强了小农商业化的能力。它提供了小农农场如何不制定制度限制并克服其资源环境强加的限制的证据。它还进一步表明，鉴于农业企业、家庭和小农（er）之间的相互关联关系，小农商业农场可以被解释为家族企业。

研究限制/影响

该研究是在小农农场进行的，因此在资源环境没有结构性定义的其他部门和经济体中可能会谨慎使用结果。然而，它为发达国家的家族企业特别是微型和小型企业提供了经验教训。它还使小农农业成为家族企业研究的一个有利可图的领域。

原创性/价值

这项研究加深了我们对小农农业拼贴的理解，并为促进小农商业化的奖学金提供了跳板。它提出了小农商业农业中的创业拼凑模式。