TY - JOUR

T1 - How Citizen Entrepreneurship Works

AU - Langfermann, Judith

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Citizen Entrepreneurship (CE) is a promising approach to tackle global challenges such as climate change, poverty and social inequality, but also local problems. This paper explores how CE projects empower citizens to actively engage in their communities, focus on local needs and promote sustainable solutions. In doing so, theoretical frameworks such as Ostrom’s commons theory, innovation as a social good and Sen and Nussbaum’s capabilities approach provide insights into the foundations of CE. Methods for engaging citizens encompass a spectrum from participatory research approaches to leveraging digital platforms, thereby promoting collaboration and facilitating the exchange of knowledge among a diverse array of community stakeholders. CE promises to strengthen the resilience and well-being of communities by effectively addressing both local societal needs and global challenges.

AB - Citizen Entrepreneurship (CE) is a promising approach to tackle global challenges such as climate change, poverty and social inequality, but also local problems. This paper explores how CE projects empower citizens to actively engage in their communities, focus on local needs and promote sustainable solutions. In doing so, theoretical frameworks such as Ostrom’s commons theory, innovation as a social good and Sen and Nussbaum’s capabilities approach provide insights into the foundations of CE. Methods for engaging citizens encompass a spectrum from participatory research approaches to leveraging digital platforms, thereby promoting collaboration and facilitating the exchange of knowledge among a diverse array of community stakeholders. CE promises to strengthen the resilience and well-being of communities by effectively addressing both local societal needs and global challenges.

KW - (Methods of) Social Work Practice

KW - 20th-century History

KW - Academic Intervention

KW - Accounting History

KW - Accounting Information Systems

KW - Accounting/Finance

KW - Engineering

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fb758003-3047-348f-bbb8-da701a00702c/

U2 - 10.1177/23939575241263677

DO - 10.1177/23939575241263677

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85201571788

VL - 10

SP - 327

EP - 334

JO - Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies

JF - Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies

SN - 2393-9575

IS - 2

ER -