Entrepreneurship. Context matters: Matters in context

Context has been recognized as shaping entrepreneurship. However, much less has been said about the interplay between entrepreneurship and social context and how entrepreneurship may actually shape context. Through looking at current and ongoing work, this presentation characterizes entrepreneurship as a contextual event. In doing so, it draws on the ideas of embeddedness, social capital, social bonds and social networks to show that relationships play meaningful roles in the entrepreneurial process. Insight is presented about the role of such relationships and how those that exist between entrepreneurs and the communities with whom they engage can influence practice and outcomes. The argument is also made that entrepreneurship is both shaped and influenced by context, and that it is therefore critical to look at entrepreneurial matters in their context.

Insistir y resisitir: El nuevo modelo sueco del bienestar

Estudio del Estado del Bienestar en Suecia desde sus orígenes, cuando el movimiento obrero obligó a la sociedad a reorganizarse estableciendo un sistema de relaciones laborales basado en el Pacto Social entre patronal y sindicatos. Análisis de la adaptación a los cambios necesarios como respuesta a las sucesivas crisis económicas, la globalización, la externalización de empresas o la integración en la Unión Europea. Concluye que un Estado del Bienestar socialdemócrata es viable aunque necesite ser revisado sistemáticamente y rediseñado a la luz de los cambios económicos y sociales.