Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation: The Importance of Health and Children’s Education for Slum Entrepreneurs

Dean A. Shepherd; Vinit Parida; Joakim Wincent

doi:10.1177/1042258719900774

Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation: The Importance of Health and Children’s Education for Slum Entrepreneurs

Dean A. Shepherd^*, Vinit Parida, Joakim Wincent

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Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation, Helsinki

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Abstract

Research has focused on the role of entrepreneurial action in alleviating poverty. However, there is a gap between individuals’ short-term outcomes from entrepreneurship overcoming immediate resource concerns and the large-scale impact of entrepreneurship on institutional and system change. Therefore, in this study, we explore entrepreneurs’ beliefs about how entrepreneurial action can alleviate poverty. To do so, we conducted a qualitative study of entrepreneurs of businesses located in Indian slums and identified the impact of expectations, role models, and the subjective value of their children’s education in attempts to alleviate poverty.

Original language	English
Peer-reviewed scientific journal	Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Number of pages	35
ISSN	1042-2587
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719900774
Publication status	Published - 13.02.2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article - refereed

Keywords

512 Business and Management
bottom of the pyramid (BOP)
qualitative
decision making
economic development
informal

Areas of Strength and Areas of High Potential (AoS and AoHP)

AoS: Leading for growth and well-being
AoHP: Strategic and entrepreneurial praxis

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