A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs

This study seeks to understand how entrepreneurs in small and family businesses make sense of failure. Drawing on the literature as well as interviews conducted with Kenyan Entrepreneurs, a provisional model is proposed as well as numerous mediating factors which highlight that the sense-making proc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manji, Aleem
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23310/
_version_ 1848792551164739584
author Manji, Aleem
author_facet Manji, Aleem
author_sort Manji, Aleem
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description This study seeks to understand how entrepreneurs in small and family businesses make sense of failure. Drawing on the literature as well as interviews conducted with Kenyan Entrepreneurs, a provisional model is proposed as well as numerous mediating factors which highlight that the sense-making process is a continuous one, based on narratives, in which multiple forces are at play.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T18:46:12Z
format Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
id nottingham-23310
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T18:46:12Z
publishDate 2009
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-233102017-10-13T05:33:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23310/ A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs Manji, Aleem This study seeks to understand how entrepreneurs in small and family businesses make sense of failure. Drawing on the literature as well as interviews conducted with Kenyan Entrepreneurs, a provisional model is proposed as well as numerous mediating factors which highlight that the sense-making process is a continuous one, based on narratives, in which multiple forces are at play. 2009-09-25 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23310/1/ALEEM_MANJI_4091238_MA_CORPORATE_STRATEGY_%26_GOVERNANCE_DISSERTATION.pdf Manji, Aleem (2009) A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Manji, Aleem
A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title_full A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title_fullStr A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title_full_unstemmed A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title_short A Failure of Expectation: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Sense-Making after Business Failure - A Journey through the Narratives of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
title_sort failure of expectation: an analysis of entrepreneurial sense-making after business failure - a journey through the narratives of kenyan entrepreneurs
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23310/