Provoking identities: entrepreneurship and emerging identity positions in rural development

Karin Berglund, Johan Gaddefors, Monica Lindgren · 2015 · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Summary. This ethnographic study of a declining rural community over six years reveals how entrepreneurship reshapes local identity and agency. Entrepreneurs challenged dominant narratives by repositioning their community's assets—locality, history, and place—as resources rather than liabilities. Four key tensions (change versus tradition, rational versus irrational, spectacular versus mundane, individual versus collective) shaped how local actors negotiated new identity positions and opportunities through entrepreneurial action.

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  journal = {Entrepreneurship and Regional Development},
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DOI

10.1080/08985626.2015.1109002

Countries

Sweden

Regions

Europe

Categories

entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems, innovation-theory

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2026-04-28