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Daniel Hjorth

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It's entrepreneurship, not enterprise : Ai Weiwei as entrepreneur

Author

  • Daniel Hjorth
  • Robin Holt

Summary, in English

We challenge the obvious and easy association of enterprise and entrepreneurship. We do so by arguing that entrepreneurship is inherently social and collective, something that is concealed when held up as example of enterprising behaviour. We use as an illustrative case the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, an example of entrepreneurship that has little to do with commerce and everything to do with the social nature of creativity. We conclude by equating entrepreneurship to generosity: a social production of possibility from which all opportunities and ventures emerge.

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

50-54

Publication/Series

Journal of Business Venturing Insights

Volume

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Art
  • Creativity
  • Enterprise
  • Social entrepreneurship

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2352-6734