Abecassis-Moedas, C, Manceau, D, BenMahmoud-Jouini, S et al. (1 more author) (2021) Imprinting of founders’ entrepreneurial motivations on enterprises’ practices and processes: The context of creative industries. Creativity and Innovation Management, 30 (1). pp. 182-197. ISSN 0963-1690
Abstract
This paper explores the imprinting of entrepreneurs' motivations on the practices and processes of enterprises. We investigate the question in the context of creative industries (CIs) as an extreme case of entrepreneurial motivations (EMs) prevalence. We analyse the EM of 14 founders of design consultancies. Three EMs emerge: self‐fulfilment, freedom and financial motivation. The qualitative analysis reveals that the founders' EMs at the time of a venture's founding has a lasting impact on the characteristics of the venture (name, processes formalization, decision‐making processes, performance measures and growth strategies). Specifically, founders driven by self‐fulfilment tend to build ventures named after them. In these ventures, processes are informal, decision‐making is centralized, performance measures are based on personal satisfaction and recognition and enterprise growth is restrained. Founders who seek freedom tend to run enterprises with semiformal processes, semicentralized decision‐making, a client satisfaction focus, and slow growth strategies. In contrast, founders with financial motivations tend to create enterprises with formal processes, decentralized decision‐making, financial performance metrics and growth ambitions. By focusing on EM and adopting a holistic approach beyond some characteristics of the venture, we complement the imprinting literature.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Abecassis-Moedas, C, Manceau, D, BenMahmoud-Jouini, S et al. (1 more author) (2021) Imprinting of founders’ entrepreneurial motivations on enterprises’ practices and processes: The context of creative industries. Creativity and Innovation Management, 30 (1). pp. 182-197, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12421. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Keywords: | creative industry design entrepreneurial motivation founder's imprinting |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Strategy and Organisation (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2021 10:12 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2023 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/caim.12421 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169091 |