| dc.description.abstract | The prime objective of this article is to explore the phenomenon of ‘trespassing
entrepreneurship’, i.e. combined business and community entrepreneurship. The purpose is to
explore two questions: How do ‘trespassing entrepreneurs’ combine business and community
enterprise? Why do entrepreneurs engage themselves in both business and community
development? A sample of four trespassing entrepreneurs has been interviewed and observed in
a series of research projects. We found that it was a heterogeneous category in many aspects,
but they all combined business and as community entrepreneurship by ‘dragging’ local
authorities into entrepreneurial activities in order to develop the community.
Acting on both arenas might be a more common phenomenon in the future, since
management and entrepreneurship on different arenas have a tendency to become more alike.
However, trespassing entrepreneurship is probably mostly a rural or small town phenomenon,
since the links between business and community development are more obvious in such
settings. Thus, demographic conditions, rather than individual traits, seem to determine the
frequency of trespassing entrepreneurship. The notion of trespassing entrepreneurs
demonstrates that distinctly different communities of practice, societal sectors or other terms
for opposite elements can be united, at least partly, in single individuals. | en |
