International Business and Enterprise Seminar Series. "Cosmopolitan entrepreneurs – who are they and why they matter?"
Published: 28 January 2025
17 March 2025. Dr Niina Nummela, University of Turku
Dr Niina Nummela, University of Turku
"Cosmopolitan entrepreneurs – who are they and why they matter?""
Monday, 17 March 2025. 14:00-15:30
Online Webinar
Abstract
A growing number of individuals identify as cosmopolitans, that is, citizens of the world. They voluntarily move from country to country in pursuit of self-fulfilment in both life and work, and construct a cosmopolitan identity in the process. In our research project we have investigated how cosmopolitan disposition affects entrepreneurial behaviour. We found that cosmopolitan entrepreneurs share many entrepreneurial characteristics, such as openness to opportunities, a need for achievement and the locus of control. However, they also challenge the understanding of entrepreneurship by downplaying the role of environment and interpreting success in an unconventional way. We argue that this growing group of entrepreneurs deserves more attention from entrepreneurship scholars. Read more about the COSMO research project here https://cosmoresearchproject.wordpress.com/
Bio
Niina Nummela is Professor of International Business at the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, Finland and an EIBA Fellow. Her areas of expertise include international entrepreneurship, cross-border acquisitions, and research methods. She has published widely in academic journals and contributed to several internationally published books, also as an editor. She has also co-edited special issues for journals and has several years of editorial experience. In a bibliometric analysis, she was ranked among the 30 most impactful scholars in the field of International Entrepreneurship (Baier-Fuentes et al. 2019). Currently she is working on a research project related to cosmopolitan individuals – who are they and why they matter?
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First published: 28 January 2025