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Cross-cultural Tribes, Community and Indigenous Entrepreneurship

Author : Paul Agu Igwe

Published in: The International Dimension of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

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This chapter distinguishes between “clan entrepreneurship”, “kindred entrepreneurship”, “tribal entrepreneurship”, “community entrepreneurship” and nomadic entrepreneurship” within the broader theory of indigenous entrepreneurship. Using the case study of West African popular tribes of Igbo, Fulani, Hausa, and Yoruba, the unique cultural and indigenous elements of entrepreneurial behaviours have been examined and compared to advance indigenous entrepreneurship theories. The findings reveal that indigenous people have motives or drives for entrepreneurship, risk-taking, wealth-seeking and entrepreneurial learning that develop through indigenous cultures similar to modern entrepreneurship behaviours.

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Title: Cross-cultural Tribes, Community and Indigenous Entrepreneurship
Author: Paul Agu Igwe
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The International Dimension of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-85949-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-85950-3

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85950-3_9