Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.1108/NEJE-12-2023-103

Publication Title

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Volume

26

Issue

2

Pages

78-87

Abstract

[First paragraph] We are pleased to publish the special issue of the New England Journal of Entrepreneurship on transitional entrepreneurship. Transitional entrepreneurship refers to the practices of entrepreneurs from communities facing adversity who navigate substantial life transitions as they launch and manage new ventures in response to various changes and challenges in their environment. Entrepreneurship is not only a critical driver of economic growth and social development (Ahlstrom et al., 2019; McCloskey, 2010) but can also represent a life-changing transition for most, if not all, of the entrepreneurs themselves. Transitional entrepreneurship entails strategic pivots or transformations that enable entrepreneurs to adapt and thrive in evolving circumstances. In this regard, transitional entrepreneurship research focuses on entrepreneurs from veterans, minorities, immigrants, refugees, women, historically marginalized groups and economically distressed communities. The major goal of this special issue is to draw attention to the endeavors of entrepreneurs from these communities and to pull together some of the disparate research on the important topic of transitional entrepreneurship.

Rights

© 2023, Golshan Javadian, Anil Nair, David Ahlstrom, Kaveh Moghaddam, Li-Wei Chen and Younggeun Lee.

This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors.

ORCID

0000-0001-6033-8095 (Nair)

Original Publication Citation

Javadian, G., Nair, A., Ahlstrom, D., Moghaddam, K., Chen, L.-W., & Lee, Y. (2023). Transitional entrepreneurship: Unleashing entrepreneurial potential across numerous challenging contexts. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 26(2), 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/NEJE-12-2023-103

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