Can Social Exclusion Against “Older Entrepreneurs” Be Managed?
基于伦敦22次深度访谈，研究老年创业者如何应对来自周围环境的社会排斥，识别出四种应对策略，对创业支持机构和老年创业者有参考价值。
This article investigates how sources of social exclusion and support emerge within an 'older' entrepreneur's immediate environment, and how this affects the development of their small business. Based on 22 in-depth interviews in London, UK, we suggest how older entrepreneurs with different backgrounds are able to manage social exclusion, and identify four coping strategiespassive negotiation, active negotiation, modification and avoidance. We argue that, if 'older entrepreneurship' (people starting a business aged 50 or older) is to flourish, both entrepreneurs and support initiatives need to become sensitive to the diversity of sources of discrimination and strategies to manage them.