Developing the entrepreneurial skills of farmers: some myths explored

By J. Pyysiainen, Alistair R. Anderson, Gerard McElwee, K. Vesala. 2006

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Purpose – Entrepreneurship is currently at the focus of much theoretical, practical and political interest. In Europe, agriculture has faced dramatic pressures for restructuring, and facilitation of the entrepreneurial skills of farmers and stronger entrepreneurial orientation in the rural areas have been hailed as possible solutions for the emerging problems. The aim of this paper is to use this nexus of agriculture and entrepreneurship as an illustrative example, through which the nature of entrepreneurial skills and the elements underpinning their adoption can be examined.Design/methodology/approach – The task is carried out by reflecting theoretically on the concept of entrepreneurial skills and on their embedded nature, before demonstrating the usefulness of the concept as a tool in understanding the case of an enterprising Finnish farmer, active both in conventional farming and in diversified business.Findings – The theoretical and case study analyses reveal that the concept of entrepreneurial skill...

Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Twenty Years of Rural Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Survey (2016, background): “Indeed, Pyysiäinen et al. (2006) show how it is possible to develop a fuller understanding of the skills rural farmers require in order to become entrepreneurs.”
Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities (2018, background): “As studies in Cell 2 depict, the individual learning process that results from networking (Chiffoleau, 2005; Oreszczyn et al., 2010) and education (Pyysiainen et al., 2006; Zossou et al., 2009) has been identified as an important outcome of engaging in entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.”
The relationship between resources, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in farm-based ventures (2011, background): “For instance, a case study by Pyysiäinen et al. (2006) shows how a farmer-led business quit its value-added venture in cheese-making and instead went back to expanding the traditional production after finding the competition too harsh.”
Exploring entrepreneurial skills and competencies in farm tourism (2012, background): “Conversely, others argue that different skill-sets when diversifying from agriculture are needed (see Pyysiäinen et al., 2006).”
What Kind of Entrepreneurship Drives Regional Development in European Non-core Regions? A Literature Review on Empirical Entrepreneurship Research (2013, background): “…studies have been concerned with the question of what skills and attitudes make up an “entrepreneurial farmer” (Couzy & Dockes, 2008; McElwee, 2008a; Pyysiäinen et al., 2006).7McElwee (2008a), for instance, developed a typology of four types of farmers: the farmer as a farmer, as an…”
Entrepreneurial self‐efficacy and business start‐up: developing a multi‐dimensional definition (2010, background): “Pyysiäinen et al. (2006) in their study of Finnish farmers used the concept of entrepreneurial skills and competences in showing how those farmers can become entrepreneurs by diversification.”
Romancing the rural: Reconceptualizing rural entrepreneurship as engagement with context(s) (2018, unknown): “ This problem is what some sociologists (Nisbet, 1993) call a unit idea, where explanation becomes confused with description (Pyysiäinen et al 2006).”