TY - CHAP

T1 - Creativity in entrepreneurship

T2 - Dancing between nothing and structure

AU - Hubner-Benz, Sylvia

AU - Frese, Michael

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PY - 2023/1/1

Y1 - 2023/1/1

N2 - In this chapter, we draw on the metaphor of dancing to discuss why and in what way structure, action, and interaction are relevant in entrepreneurship. We suggest that the metaphor of dancing can inspire new perspectives on the role of creativity in entrepreneurship. Based on entrepreneurship and innovation literature, we argue that the entrepreneurial process is, like dancing, surprisingly structured, requires action learning, and requires the interaction with the environment. In entrepreneurship as well as in dancing, not yet existent ideas can lead to something new and aesthetic, and this creative process requires structuring. One cannot learn to be a dancer without dancing, and one cannot be an entrepreneur without acting on entrepreneurial ideas and opportunities. Creating a dance, as well as creating a product or organization, is determined by the interaction with the environment. We discuss the implications of those perspectives on entrepreneurship for structuring the entrepreneurial process, designing entrepreneurship education, and navigating interactions with the environment.

AB - In this chapter, we draw on the metaphor of dancing to discuss why and in what way structure, action, and interaction are relevant in entrepreneurship. We suggest that the metaphor of dancing can inspire new perspectives on the role of creativity in entrepreneurship. Based on entrepreneurship and innovation literature, we argue that the entrepreneurial process is, like dancing, surprisingly structured, requires action learning, and requires the interaction with the environment. In entrepreneurship as well as in dancing, not yet existent ideas can lead to something new and aesthetic, and this creative process requires structuring. One cannot learn to be a dancer without dancing, and one cannot be an entrepreneur without acting on entrepreneurial ideas and opportunities. Creating a dance, as well as creating a product or organization, is determined by the interaction with the environment. We discuss the implications of those perspectives on entrepreneurship for structuring the entrepreneurial process, designing entrepreneurship education, and navigating interactions with the environment.

KW - Action

KW - Creativity

KW - Dancing

KW - Entrepreneurial learning

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Entrepreneurship education

KW - Interaction

KW - Metaphor

KW - Structure

KW - Management studies

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/870a1488-d8d7-3fe5-8b96-a249f813608d/

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-323-91841-1.00024-5

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-91841-1.00024-5

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85166074094

SN - 9780323984829

SP - 377

EP - 392

BT - Handbook of Organizational Creativity

A2 - Reiter-Palmon, Roni

A2 - Hunter, Sam

PB - Elsevier B.V.

ER -