From perfume to spirits: Exaptation of a bundle of local resources by an outsider entrepreneur

IF 7.5 1区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2024.105137

Pierpaolo Andriani , Gino Cattani , Rani J. Dang , Renata Kaminska

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Abstract

Exaptation is fundamental to understanding the emergence of novelty in economic systems. Existing research has primarily focused on ‘product-first/new market’ exaptation of a single resource, largely overlooking ‘problem-first’ contexts, particularly where exaptation involves a bundle of resources. Through an exploratory qualitative case study of Comte de Grasse, a distillery start-up founded by an outsider entrepreneur in the perfume cluster of Grasse, South of France, this paper explores the intricate interplay between entrepreneurial decisions and actions that lead to the exaptation of a bundle of resources, resulting in the creation of a new business within an existing regional cluster. Our findings highlight analogical search as a key mechanism that enables entrepreneurs to address identified market needs by repurposing local resources rather than developing new ones. The insights from our research enrich the prevailing theory on exaptation by further highlighting its agentic nature and demonstrating that it can involve more than a single resource.

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从香水到烈酒：外来企业家对本地资源的改造

适应性是理解经济系统中新颖性出现的基础。现有研究主要关注单一资源的 "产品优先/新市场 "嬗变，在很大程度上忽略了 "问题优先 "的背景，尤其是当嬗变涉及一系列资源时。Comte de Grasse 是一位外来创业者在法国南部格拉斯香水产业集群创办的一家初创酒厂，本文通过对该酒厂的探索性定性案例研究，探讨了创业者的决策和行动之间错综复杂的相互作用，这些决策和行动导致了对资源包的改造，从而在现有区域集群内创建了一家新企业。我们的研究结果强调，类比搜索是一种关键机制，它使企业家能够通过重新利用当地资源而不是开发新资源来满足已确定的市场需求。我们的研究进一步突出了外适应的代理性质，并证明外适应涉及的资源可能不止一种，从而丰富了有关外适应的现有理论。

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Research Policy MANAGEMENT-

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12.80

自引率

6.90%

发文量

182

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