Communicorn Podcast
Unicorns or startups that have become billion-dollar enterprises are (almost) every entrepreneur’s big goal. But let’s raise the question: What if we work together and create a community-driven Unicorn? Welcome to Communicorn: the podcast where we explore different ways of building and engaging communities.
With the Communicorn podcast we uncover the roles of social innovation in driving social change. And we ask: What can we learn from them in reshaping the economy beyond profit?
In eight episodes of the Communicorn podcast we will draw on insights from the community entrepreneurship literature and very practical cases from Lüneburg, Hamburg and other cities in Germany. We will dive into stories of failure and success in community entrepreneurship from different perspectives. Listen to the podcast and learn more about entrepreneurship – for, in, with, enabled or driven by communities.
Bacq, S., Hertel, C., & Lumpkin, G. T. (2022). Communities at the nexus of entrepreneurship and societal impact: A cross-disciplinary literature review. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(5), 106231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106231
Further Readings:
- Adler, P. S. (2015). Community and innovation: from Tönnies to Marx. Organization Studies, 36(4), 445-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614561566
- Dentoni, D., Pascucci, S., Poldner, K., & Gartner, W. B. (2018). Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(5), 603–622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.12.010
- Deschamps, B., & Slitine, R. (2024). The creation of collective enterprises for social impact: An agency perspective. International Small Business Journal, 42(1), 14–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426231189883
- Haugh, H. M. (2021). The governance of entrepreneurial community ventures: How do conflicting community interests influence opportunity exploitation? Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16, e00265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00265
- Hausdorf, M., & Timm, J.‑M. (2024). Relational or transactional? The importance of distinguishing two types of community-supported business models. Business & Society, Article 00076503241271277. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503241271277
- Hindle, K. (2010). How community context affects entrepreneurial process: A diagnostic framework. Entrepreneurship and regional development, 22(7-8), 599-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2010.522057
- Kibler, E., & Muñoz, P. (2020). What do we talk about when we talk about community? Commentary on “It takes a village to sustain a village” by Christina Hertel, Sophie Bacq, and Frank-Martin Belz. Academy of Management Discoveries, 6(4), 721–725. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2019.0247
- Marti, I., Courpasson, D., & Barbosa, S. D. (2013). “Living in the fishbowl”. Generating an entrepreneurial culture in a local community in Argentina. Journal of Business Venturing, 28(1), 10-29.
- Mitzinneck, B. C., Coenen, J., Noseleit, F., & Rupietta, C. (2024). Impact creation approaches of community-based enterprises: A configurational analysis of enabling conditions. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(6), 106420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2024.106420
- Peredo, A. M., & Chrisman, J. J. (2006). Toward a theory of community-based enterprise. Academy of management Review, 31(2), 309-328. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2006.20208683