Innovation as translation in Indigenous entrepreneurship: lessons from Mapuche entrepreneurs in Chile
Summary. Innovation in Indigenous entrepreneurship operates as cultural translation, not Western adoption. Mapuche entrepreneurs in Chile transform traditional daily practices into market-valued products by reconfiguring commercial practices through their own cultural frameworks. This process challenges homogenized innovation discourse and reveals how Indigenous enterprises strategically adapt rather than simply adopt external innovation models.
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Soto-Hernández, D., Gálvez, M. G., & Giminiani, P. D.. (2022). Innovation as translation in Indigenous entrepreneurship: lessons from Mapuche entrepreneurs in Chile. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2022.2117139
Soto-Hernández, Daniela, et al. “Innovation as translation in Indigenous entrepreneurship: lessons from Mapuche entrepreneurs in Chile.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2022.2117139.
Soto-Hernández, Daniela, Marcelo González Gálvez, and Piergiorgio Di Giminiani. 2022. “Innovation as translation in Indigenous entrepreneurship: lessons from Mapuche entrepreneurs in Chile.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2022.2117139.
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- DOI
- 10.1080/02255189.2022.2117139
- Countries
- Chile
- Regions
- South America
- Categories
- indigenous-innovation, entrepreneurship, innovation-theory
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- 2026-04-28