The Politics and Aesthetics of Entrepreneurship (New Movements in Entrepreneurship)

`Stylish, bold, fiery, and full of zest, this book could well have been called "Embodying Entrepreneurship". . . for perhaps the first time, we have a cultured, scholarly, "in-the-flesh" treatment of entrepreneurial life. Ranging from striptease to de Sade, the aboriginal to Christo, and the grotesque to the sublime, The Politics and Aesthetics of Entrepreneurship is a tantalizing and critically refreshing work throughout. This one could easily become the "bad boy book" of entrepreneurial studies, given how strongly it challenges (slaps?) existing entrepreneurship studies.' - Daved Barry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal `Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert make a unique contribution to management education. Their ability to illustrate complex ideas through theatre and visual media is outstanding and much appreciated by a wide audience. This book is no exception. Their insights into the nature of entrepreneurship are fresh and original. Their style of presentation is both rich and rewarding. This is a book to surprise you and it will.' - Heather H?pfl, University of Essex, UK `. . . the four books comprising the series would certainly be a valuable addition to any entrepreneurship library. However, each book also stands alone as an individual purchase.' - Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research This fourth book in the New Movements in Entrepreneurship series focuses on the politics and aesthetics of entrepreneurial processes, in order to shed light on entrepreneurial creation itself. Presenting original empirical material, the eminent contributors examine control and entrepreneurship in various organizational contexts. They go on to demonstrate how control can be exercised entrepreneurially, how art brings an entrepreneurial force into society, and how entrepreneurship operates by aesthetic moves. The need to move beyond the traditional focus on the economic and business implications of entrepreneurship is also discussed, as is the relevance of political and aesthetic theory to our understanding of entrepreneurship as a creative force. The book provides entrepreneurship studies with a new language, that in itself is an aesthetic effort with political implications, resulting in new theoretical, empirical and practical possibilities. It will prove a fascinating read for students, academics and researchers with an interest in entrepreneurship and management and creativity and aesthetics. Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Figures and tables......Page 8 Contributors......Page 9 Foreword and acknowledgements......Page 10 1. Entrepreneurship as disruptive event......Page 12 PART ONE Entrepreneurial policies......Page 22 2. Freedom, opportunism and entrepreneurialism in post-bureaucratic organizations......Page 24 3. Fostering a regional innovation system – looking into the power of policy-making......Page 42 4. Government entrepreneurship and the arts: the politics of the National Endowment for the Arts......Page 66 PART TWO Entrepreneurial places......Page 84 5. Opening the gates to the Art Firm: the Christos as entrepreneurs......Page 86 6. Spaces of intensity – urban entrepreneurship as redistribution of the sensible......Page 103 7. Rekindling the entrepreneurial potential of family business – a radical (old-fashioned) feminist proposal......Page 124 PART THREE Entrepreneurial identities......Page 140 8. Is the Marquis de Sade an entrepreneur?......Page 142 9. Playing the fool? An aesthetic performance of an entrepreneurial identity......Page 159 10. Stigmatization and self-presentationin Australian entrepreneurial identity formation......Page 173 PART FOUR Entrepreneurial images......Page 192 11. Metamorphoses in entrepreneurship studies: towards an affirmative politics of entrepreneuring......Page 194 12. The entrepreneurial utopia: Miss Black Rose and the Holy Communion......Page 213 13. Moving entrepreneurship: an incipiency......Page 232 Notes......Page 242 References......Page 245 Index......Page 278 "This book focuses on the politics and aesthetics of entrepreneurial processes in order to shed light on entrepreneurial creation itself." "Presenting original empirical material, the contributors examine control and entrepreneurship in various organizational contexts." "The book provides entrepreneurship studies with a new language, which in itself is an aesthetic instrument with political implications, resulting in new theoretical, empirical and practical possibilities. It will prove a fascinating read for students, academics and researchers with an interest in entrepreneurship and management and creativity and aesthetics."--Jacket

this Book Focuses On The Politics And Aesthetics Of Entrepreneurial Processes In Order To Shed Light On Entrepreneurial Creation Itself. Presenting Original Empirical Material, The Contributors Examine Control And Entrepreneurship In Various Organizational Contexts. The Book Provides Entrepreneurship Studies With A New Language, Which In Itself Is An Aesthetic Instrument With Political Implications, Resulting In New Theoretical, Empirical And Practical Possibilities. It Will Prove A Fascinating Read For Students, Academics And Researchers With An Interest In Entrepreneurship And Management And Creativity And Aesthetics.

Completing the series, this fourth "New Movements in Entrepreneurship" book presents original empirical material showing how entrepreneurship in various organisational contexts provokes attempts to control. It goes on to demonstrate how control can be exercised entrepreneurially, how art brings an entrepreneurial force into society, and how entrepreneurship operates by aesthetic moves. The need to move beyond the traditional focus on the economic and business implications of entrepreneurship is also discussed, as the relevance of political and aesthetic theory to our understanding of entrepreneurship as a creative force