Understanding Israeli Start-Up Founders in the context of “Tikkun Olam”
Understanding Israeli Start-Up Founders in the context of “Tikkun Olam”
Author(s): Tova PersoffSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Economic development
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: start-up founder identity; Tikkun Olam; pay-it-forward; hybrid founder identity; start-ups;
Summary/Abstract: Context impacts a start-up founder’s behavior, activities and choices. This study uses the three founder identities introduced by Fauchart and Gruber (2011) Darwinian, communitarian and missionary to classify Israeli start-up founders who have created diverse products. It presents an innovative context-based interpretation of Tikkun Olam – which in Hebrew means ‘making the world a better place’ as a possible explanation for the relatively large number of Israeli start-up founders who were found to have a hybrid identity.
Journal: Kultura - Społeczeństwo - Edukacja
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 71-89
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
