The construction of entrepreneurial practices in family businesses: A study in the cachaça industry

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https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2021.61424

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entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial process, entrepreneurial practices, entrepreneuring, cachaça

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to comprehend the construction of entrepreneurial practices in family businesses. In order to do so, we studied four family businesses from the cachaça industry through a qualitative multicase study. We observed that entrepreneurial practices of organization creation, of opportunities’ identification and exploration, of production and commercialization, and of innovation, contributed alltogheter for these businesses’ evolution, competitivity and survival. Therefore, we consider the approach of entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial practices may constitute an alternative for the development of the field, contributing to a more comprehensive analysis of entrepreneurial phenomena in general, and of family businesses in particular.

Author Biographies

Alex Fernando Borges, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Doutor em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal de Lavras (PPGA/UFLA). Professor Adjunto Nível III da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (FACES/UFU). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Faculdade de Gestão e Negócios/Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (PPGA/FAGEN/UFU).

Carolina Lescura de Carvalho Castro Volta, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Lavras. Professora Adjunta da Escola de Direito, Turismo e Museologia da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.

Mozar José de Brito, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal de Lavras.

Juvêncio Braga de Lima, Universidade FUMEC

Doutor em Sociologia pela Université de Montpellier III. Professor do Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Administração da Universidade FUMEC.

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Borges, A. F., Volta, C. L. de C. C., Brito, M. J. de, & Lima, J. B. de. (2021). The construction of entrepreneurial practices in family businesses: A study in the cachaça industry. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 19, 40–58. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2021.61424

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