Special Issue on Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship: Dynamics and ImpactNo Access

Entrepreneurs, Art and Innovation

Han van der Meer

Delft University of Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

E-mail Address: j.d.vandermeer@tudelft.nl

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877016400101Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Research on the opportunity recognition stage in the process of entrepreneurships is still in an early stage. This paper is covering the possibility of art as being one of the inspirational sources for entrepreneurs. Once aware of it, an unavoidable observation seems to be: innovative entrepreneurs love art. But is this true? And if it is true what can be the reasons for entrepreneurs to love art? This paper will address these questions by analyzing the data from a project with nine entrepreneurs and nine artists followed by interviews of 14 art-loving entrepreneurs and managers.

This paper is a reworked version of a paper presented at IFKAD 2014 in Matera.

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