https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/issue/feedJournal of Business Anthropology2023-12-22T15:07:45+01:00Kasper T. Vangkilde, Simon W. Lex, Samantha D. Breslinjba@anthro.ku.dkOpen Journal Systems<p>The <em>Journal of Business Anthropology</em> (JBA) is an Open Access journal which publishes the results of anthropological and related research in business organizations and business situations of all kinds. This website is the home of JBA, and here you will find all <a href="/index.php/jba/issue/archive">Published Issues</a>, as well as additional materials.</p>https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7062Book Review: The Anthropology of Entrepreneurship: Cultural History, Global Ethnographies, Theorizing Agency by Richard Pfeilstetter. London and New York: Routledge2023-12-18T09:24:08+01:00Nikolay Domashevnikolai.domashev.ru@gmail.com2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Nikolay Domashevhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7063Lessons from the 4th Global Business Anthropology Summit2023-12-18T09:28:07+01:00Carmen Buenocarmenbuenocastellanos@gmail.comPatricia Alvaradopatricia.alvarado@accenture.comConsuelo Gonzálezconsugonzalezh@gmail.comLucía Laurent-Nevalucia.neva@visualsigno.comMaximino Matusmatus@colef.mxNora Moralesnmorales@cua.uam.mxIvonne RamírezIvonne.a.ramirez@gmail.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">This was not a typical summit. It was an extraordinary event that offered a unique and immersive experience. Diverging from traditional conferences, the organizers crafted alternative participation formats, engaging activities, and inspiring venues. This report has been co-written with contributing thoughts from members of the Global Business Anthropology Summit (GBAS) Mexico 2023 organizing committee and activity coordinators. We aimed to capture experiences and knowledge, challenging conventional publishing styles by blending the voices of those who actively participated in the summit. The result is a polyphonic text interwoven with visual sketches and photographs taken by the participants.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Carmen Bueno, Patricia Alvarado, Consuelo González, Lucía Laurent-Neva, Maximino Matus, Nora Morales, Ivonne Ramírezhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7066In Search of Newness2023-12-21T09:58:45+01:00Kasper Tang Vangkildekasper.vangkilde@anthro.ku.dkSamantha Dawn Breslinsamantha.breslin@anthro.ku.dkSimon Lexsimon.lex@anthro.ku.dk2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Kasper Tang Vangkilde, Samantha Dawn Breslin, Simon Lexhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7059Anthropology and Entrepreneurship Research: Introduction to the Themed Essays2023-12-17T22:24:23+01:00Edward Liebowliebowe@gmail.comPatricia Sunderlandpatti@crastudio.com2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Edward Liebow, Patricia Sunderlandhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7065Re-Centering Race in Emancipatory Entrepreneurship: Black Female Tech Founders, Money, and Meaning in a Detroit-Based Incubator Program2023-12-19T22:17:05+01:00Shuang L. Frostshuanglfrost@gmail.comYuson Jungyuson.jung@wayne.eduMarlo Renchermarlorencher@gmail.comDawn Battsdawnbatts@gmail.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">This study is an anthropological inquiry into the perceptions and attitudes of Black female tech entrepreneurs towards capitalism in the context of an incubator program in Detroit, USA. Drawing upon ethnographic data from the STEM Entrepreneurial Excellence Program (STEEP), the study reveals the intricate relationships that Black female founders maintain with money and capitalism. These complexities manifest in moral quandaries related to fundraising and distrust in outsourcing financial management, emanating from a long-standing scepticism towards capitalism and intertwined with historical traumas. The research emphasizes the significance of comprehending minority entrepreneurs’ historical inequalities and lived experiences with capitalism to discern their diverse attitudes and performances in entrepreneurship – an aspect frequently neglected in entrepreneurship scholarship. By examining the intersection of race, gender, and entrepreneurship, the essay contributes valuable insights into the nuanced dynamics shaping entrepreneurial experiences of Black women in the technology sector.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Shuang L. Frost, Yuson Jung, Marlo Rencher, Dawn Battshttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7064Aligning Identity, Faith, and Entrepreneurship: Experiences of Muslim Women Entrepreneurs in India2023-12-19T18:10:13+01:00Eisha Choudharyeisha.choudhry@gmail.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">Muslim women are increasingly venturing into niche culture-based business markets and establishing faith-oriented enterprises, selling modest wear, halal beauty products, and alcohol-free perfumes, along with engaging in non-traditional entrepreneurial activities such as opening a café, home bakery, and so on. Their motivations for venturing into entrepreneurship are a combination of economic needs, desire for upward social mobility, social acceptance of entrepreneurship as a desirable economic activity for Muslim women, and commitment to contribute to the development of their community. In the context of economic discrimination in everyday life in India, this essay builds upon the narratives of five Muslim women to explore the influence of social institutions, such as religion, on women’s entrepreneurial initiatives. By recognizing the form and uniqueness of entrepreneurial conduct at the intersection of faith and gender identity, the essay sheds light on the practice of entrepreneurship among Muslim women. This exploration challenges and alters the popular and majoritarian narratives on the practice and process of entrepreneurship.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Eisha Choudharyhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7067Mexican Migrant Elite Empresarios: Transnational Entrepreneurship and Elite Formation2023-12-21T10:28:06+01:00Yesenia Ruizruizcortes.yesenia@gmail.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">This essay analyzes an emerging transnational Mexican migrant elite – a new social and economic group that has emerged not from established elites or privileged backgrounds, but from poor<em> campesino</em> families. Most of these (male) entrepreneur migrants entered the United States without documents and worked in unskilled jobs for extended periods. Eventually, they began to establish their businesses in New York and New Jersey and, within 20 years, accumulated unprecedented wealth. The entrepreneurs are successful in the US and Mexico, distinct from other transnational migrant groups. They have constructed transnational forms of class mobility and citizenship and innovative socio-economic, political, and solidarity networks shaped by neoliberalism. The essay examines how these transnational entrepreneurs became part of such a recent emerging elite in the US and Mexico. Furthermore, these entrepreneur migrants have established political relations with local politicians on both sides of the border. They have gone from being undocumented workers to becoming “Tortilla Kings” or millionaire importers of Mexican goods. </p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Yesenia Ruizhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7060Water Entrepreneurs, Infrastructural Citizenship, and State Power in Nigeria2023-12-18T09:15:30+01:00Daniel Jordan Smithdaniel_j_smith@brown.edu<p style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s world, entrepreneurialism is frequently promoted for its potential to address major global social problems. Entrepreneurs are often celebrated for their ability to achieve what governments and development programs commonly fail to do: deliver sustainable economic and social benefits to poor people in the Global South. Typically, entrepreneurship is seen as bypassing the state. This essay offers a different perspective, showing how, in Nigeria, entrepreneurial enterprises geared to provide access to potable water because the government fails to do so paradoxically serve the interests of those who control the state. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research in southeastern Nigeria, and using examples of private borehole vendors and “pure water” sachet manufacturers, I argue that ordinary people’s infrastructural entrepreneurialism not only requires regular engagement with government officials. It also contributes significantly to the experience of citizenship and the exercise and consolidation of state power.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Daniel Jordan Smithhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7061Cooperative Entrepreneurship: Future Back Thinking, Translation, and Digital Organizational Change in the Credit Union Space2023-12-18T09:20:23+01:00Matthew J. Hillmatthew@mjhill.consulting<p style="font-weight: 400;">In this essay, I examine cooperative entrepreneurship’s role in driving digital organizational change in a Southern California credit union that caters to a mobile university population. Drawing on Joseph Schumpeter’s interpretative approach to entrepreneurship, I highlight the pivotal role of an innovative CEO in combining a new technology, AI chatbots, with the credit union’s existing technologies to create a new means of production in a contact center: AICCs or Artificial Intelligence Contact Center Agents. I extend Schumpeter’s theory by showing both how future-back thinking can generate ideas for new methods of production, and how acts of translation can help align these methods with local organizational values, overcoming resistance to change. I suggest that such combinatorial activity can help credit unions to sustainably compete against a new breed of financial technology companies known as fintechs.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Matthew J. Hillhttps://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/jba/article/view/7089“Prepared to Face the Unexpected”: Dynamic Enterprises in Italy as a Model of Resilience2023-12-22T10:02:36+01:00Elena Sischarencoelena.sischarenco@gmail.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">Businesses that demonstrate organizational flexibility, characterized by dynamic problem-solving skills, in-house production processes, and a robust human capital, appear to be successful and resilient in times of crisis. Drawing on my fieldwork in medium-sized manufacturing companies in Emilia, Northern Italy, from June to November 2021, I investigate ideas and characteristics that shed light on good practices, key ingredients of the success of such companies, and possible future models of resilience. I employ participant observation and provide evidence taken from conversations or episodes observed, especially in one of the companies. Although greater structuring is often sought and considered the resolution of many existing problems, <em>non-structuring</em> is, at the same time, convenient in many circumstances. People are essential components in this dynamic organizational model, and their commitment in the organization goes far beyond contractual obligations. Their motivation stems from personal satisfaction as well as from a sense of responsibility and strong personal commitment.</p>2023-12-22T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Elena Sischarenco