Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities

Abstract

Heeding calls for contextualizing entrepreneurship research and for greater attention to the role of sector in entrepreneurship research, we conduct a systematic literature review of extant research in agricultural entrepreneurship. Recent and rapid vertical integration and rationalization within the agricultural sector provides a dynamic setting for scholars to investigate entrepreneurship theory and practice. We identify three key contextual dimensions of the agricultural sector: identity, family, and institutions, which provide promising opportunities for future research and the potential to contribute to and extend current theoretical and empirical analyses of entrepreneurship research.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship; agriculture; context; systematic literature review; sector studies

Published in

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2018, volume: 42, number: 1, pages: 129-166
Publisher: WILEY

SLU Authors

• Fitz-Koch, Sarah

  • Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Nordqvist, Mattias

  • Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Jönköping University

• Hunter, Erik

  • Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG2 Zero hunger

UKÄ Subject classification

Business Administration

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717732958

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94880