title: A study of the collectivist model of entrepreneurship in the Global South: The case of the Ecuadorian Coast

authors: Gavilanes Valle, Julio

subjects: Entrepreneurship

abstract: Poverty and limited state support, combined with the collectivism of societies in the Global South, have led necessity-driven entrepreneurs to create businesses by pooling resources. However, there are doubts about the limited capacity of this type of entrepreneurship to create value and generate growth. Due to the heterogeneity of the phenomenon in the region, these views are insufficient to fully understand the entrepreneurial process; hence, this thesis explores the effects of collectivism on the entrepreneurship model in the context of necessity of the Global South.	Situated in the interpretivism paradigm and using a qualitative design, the research involved a community in Ecuador as a case study. Twenty-one in-depth interviews were conducted with local entrepreneurs, which were analysed through thematic analysis. Data analysis indicated collectivism at three levels of the social structure: the community, the family, and the individual. At the community level, the findings evidenced a robust "associativity" process, which organised the group and achieved social cohesion, a cornerstone for the region's entrepreneurship development. The effects of collectivism were also manifested at the family level, with the creation of intergenerational and family businesses closely interrelated. At the individual level, the effects of collectivism were evident in peer-to-peer entrepreneurial imitation facilitation as a strategy to create ventures and collectively grow a single industry, creating a previously non-existent market process. Drawing on these remarks, this thesis has contributed to entrepreneurship research by determining the role of entrepreneurial imitation, resource development and collective growth in necessity-driven entrepreneurship in the Global South.

text: A study of the collectivist model of entrepreneurship in the Global South: The case of the Ecuadorian Coast Poverty and limited state support, combined with the collectivism of societies in the Global South, have led necessity-driven entrepreneurs to create businesses by pooling resources. However, there are doubts about the limited capacity of this type of entrepreneurship to create value and generate growth. Due to the heterogeneity of the phenomenon in the region, these views are insufficient to fully understand the entrepreneurial process; hence, this thesis explores the effects of collectivism on the entrepreneurship model in the context of necessity of the Global South.	Situated in the interpretivism paradigm and using a qualitative design, the research involved a community in Ecuador as a case study. Twenty-one in-depth interviews were conducted with local entrepreneurs, which were analysed through thematic analysis. Data analysis indicated collectivism at three levels of the social structure: the community, the family, and the individual. At the community level, the findings evidenced a robust "associativity" process, which organised the group and achieved social cohesion, a cornerstone for the region's entrepreneurship development. The effects of collectivism were also manifested at the family level, with the creation of intergenerational and family businesses closely interrelated. At the individual level, the effects of collectivism were evident in peer-to-peer entrepreneurial imitation facilitation as a strategy to create ventures and collectively grow a single industry, creating a previously non-existent market process. Drawing on these remarks, this thesis has contributed to entrepreneurship research by determining the role of entrepreneurial imitation, resource development and collective growth in necessity-driven entrepreneurship in the Global South.

year: 2024-05-01

title: Pedalling on: An autoethnographical journey of creative discovery

authors: Dunlop, Jonathan

abstract: My research is about exploring ways to use the sustain pedal in works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, 
Haydn and Mozart specifically. During their lifetimes, pedalling was considered to be a novelty 
on the fortepiano and was not seriously notated in the detailed style of later composers such as 
Beethoven and Schumann. 

The thesis explores ways to use the sustain pedal in keyboard works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, 
Haydn and Mozart, and also early Romantic Period composers like Beethoven, Schumann and 
Schubert. This artistic exploration is shaped and documented using an autoethnographic 
methodology, and the repertoire showcased in each recital is a mix of solo and chamber music. 
At the centre of this research is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s treatise on keyboard playing 
entitled Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments from 1753. In it, Bach states 
that “the undamped register of the pianoforte is the most pleasing and, once the performer 
learns to observe the necessary precautions in the face of its reverberations, the most delightful 
for improvisation.

text: Pedalling on: An autoethnographical journey of creative discovery My research is about exploring ways to use the sustain pedal in works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, 
Haydn and Mozart specifically. During their lifetimes, pedalling was considered to be a novelty 
on the fortepiano and was not seriously notated in the detailed style of later composers such as 
Beethoven and Schumann. 

The thesis explores ways to use the sustain pedal in keyboard works by CPE Bach, JC Bach, 
Haydn and Mozart, and also early Romantic Period composers like Beethoven, Schumann and 
Schubert. This artistic exploration is shaped and documented using an autoethnographic 
methodology, and the repertoire showcased in each recital is a mix of solo and chamber music. 
At the centre of this research is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s treatise on keyboard playing 
entitled Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments from 1753. In it, Bach states 
that “the undamped register of the pianoforte is the most pleasing and, once the performer 
learns to observe the necessary precautions in the face of its reverberations, the most delightful 
for improvisation.

year: 2024-05-29

title: Intersecting knowledge worlds: Describing the cultural interfaces within a socioscientific issue

authors: Wagner, Brent

subjects: cultural interface

abstract: Increasing numbers of science teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand are exploring ways to incorporate indigenous mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and ways of knowing) into their science programmes. This article presents findings from a study that examined how senior biology students in two English-medium secondary schools incorporated mātauranga Māori alongside biological science knowledge in their discussions about the use of 1080 poison to control mammalian predators. From a social constructivist ontology and interpretivist mode of inquiry using qualitative methodology, a triadic epistemic agency conceptual framework was developed inductively and used to analyse students’ written scripts for their national school leaving qualification (NCEA), and transcriptions of individual interviews. The study took place prior to the introduction of equal status to mātauranga Māori within the New Zealand Curriculum. Deductive analysis using the Triadic identified a group of ten students who drew from both knowledge systems, with varying degrees of knowledge integration. In addition to detailed representations of the theoretical space of the locale of the learner, the findings also identified three distinctive cultural interfaces occupied by the students: conflicted, parallel, and, connected. The findings underscore the importance of enabling diverse knowledge systems in biology classes to converge. Specifically, the incorporation of mātauranga Māori alongside biological science knowledge encourages a critical stance towards knowledge claims, supports pluralist knowledge use among culturally and linguistically diverse learners and promotes critical engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) in senior secondary school biology.

text: Intersecting knowledge worlds: Describing the cultural interfaces within a socioscientific issue Increasing numbers of science teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand are exploring ways to incorporate indigenous mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge and ways of knowing) into their science programmes. This article presents findings from a study that examined how senior biology students in two English-medium secondary schools incorporated mātauranga Māori alongside biological science knowledge in their discussions about the use of 1080 poison to control mammalian predators. From a social constructivist ontology and interpretivist mode of inquiry using qualitative methodology, a triadic epistemic agency conceptual framework was developed inductively and used to analyse students’ written scripts for their national school leaving qualification (NCEA), and transcriptions of individual interviews. The study took place prior to the introduction of equal status to mātauranga Māori within the New Zealand Curriculum. Deductive analysis using the Triadic identified a group of ten students who drew from both knowledge systems, with varying degrees of knowledge integration. In addition to detailed representations of the theoretical space of the locale of the learner, the findings also identified three distinctive cultural interfaces occupied by the students: conflicted, parallel, and, connected. The findings underscore the importance of enabling diverse knowledge systems in biology classes to converge. Specifically, the incorporation of mātauranga Māori alongside biological science knowledge encourages a critical stance towards knowledge claims, supports pluralist knowledge use among culturally and linguistically diverse learners and promotes critical engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) in senior secondary school biology.

year: 2026