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Institutional entrepreneurship in the Ethiopian coffee industry

Curtis, T. and Nalbandian, R. (2012) Institutional entrepreneurship in the Ethiopian coffee industry. International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 1(3), pp. 281-294. 2043-8257 print, 2043-8265 online.

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Abstract: This paper explores the underlying public entrepreneurship in the coffee industry in Ethiopia. It investigates the concept of political innovation in a public sector entrepreneurship agenda, in the context of work exploring the employment of entrepreneurship by the state as a economic and social development strategy in post–socialist countries such as China (Curtis, 2011) and Poland (Curtis et al., 2010). The case study confirms other research on post–socialist economies but indicates the risks of participation in commodity markets, rather than shaping long–term markets (Mazzucato, 2011), and being subjected to the turmoil of unregulated markets, rather than mastering of them.
Uncontrolled Keywords: public entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, coffee industry, post-socialist economies, public sector, political innovation
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD9000 Agricultural industries > HD9199.E782 Coffee industry, Ethiopia
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD3611 Industrial policy. The state and industrial organization, including municipal services
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory > HB615 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property
Creators: Curtis, Tim and Nalbandian, Raffi
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises
Northamptonshire and East Midlands: Health
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Social Work
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Applied Social Studies & Sociology
Date: 6 July 2012
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 281-294
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Volume: 1
Number: 3
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsei.2012.047631
ISSN: 2043-8257 print, 2043-8265 online
Status: Published / Disseminated
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5784

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