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Employment-to-Entrepreneurship Interface in the Context of Tech Innovation. A Qualitative Analysis in Romania

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  • Pantea, Maria-Carmen

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Tech entrepreneurship grows at a time the notion of work is accentuating its structural shift towards increased precariousness. This research interviewed 53 young people from Romania who received national or international prizes for technical innovations/ inventions. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the processes involved in turning an innovative idea into a marketable product/ business, or the lack thereof. The paper suggests that young people occupy elusive, intricate and sometimes, conflicting professional roles, more complex than the divide employment vs. entrepreneurship seems to suggest. Employment can coexist, provide resources or be a hindrance to entrepreneurship. Interviewees’ narratives put into light young people’s views on meaningful work and the way employment and the entrepreneurship respond or not to it. Ultimately, it is argued that the frontiers between statuses offer a rich conceptual space, where a more refined understanding of entrepreneurship, employment and youth becomes possible.

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  • Pantea, Maria-Carmen, 2018. "Employment-to-Entrepreneurship Interface in the Context of Tech Innovation. A Qualitative Analysis in Romania," Journal of East European Management Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 23(1), pages 128-146.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:joeems:10.5771/0949-6181-2018-1-128
    DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2018-1-128
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    1. Laureti, Lucio & Costantiello, Alberto & Matarrese, Marco Maria & Leogrande, Angelo, 2022. "The Employment in Innovative Enterprises in Europe," MPRA Paper 111335, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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