Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension.

Smith, Robert

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the aesthetic dimension of entrepreneur poems. The notion of the entrepreneur as storyteller, and the entrepreneur story as cultural genres have become so firmly entrenched in the collective social consciousness that little consideration is given to the existence of other narrative genres, such as business poetry as expressions, or manifestations of enterprising behaviour and indeed identities. Poetry, like art, possesses aesthetic dimensions which make it difficult to theorize and analyze. Indeed, as a genre, poetry seldom features as a heuristic device for better understanding entrepreneurial behaviour or learning. This is surprising because poetry in particular is a wonderfully creative and expressive narrative medium and accordingly, many entrepreneurs engage in writing poetry as a form of creative expression.

Citation

SMITH, R. 2015. Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 22(3), pages 450-472. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2012-0103

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 12, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jul 17, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2015
• Deposit Date: Sep 28, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2017
• Journal: Journal of small business and enterprise development
• Print ISSN: 1462-6004
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 450-472
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2012-0103
• Keywords: Narrative; Aesthetics; Semiotics; Social constructionism; Business poetry; Entrepreneur poems; Entrepreneur stories; Entrepreneurial learning
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1845