The power of narrative in post-disaster entrepreneurial response

Emily Chamlee-Wright ()
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Emily Chamlee-Wright: Institute for Humane Studies

The Review of Austrian Economics, 2018, vol. 31, issue 4, No 6, 467-472

Abstract: Abstract In this response to Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster, I describe four functional roles that storytelling plays in fueling and shaping entrepreneurial action in post-disaster contexts, with a specific focus on how storytelling motivates residents and entrepreneurs to return and rebuild their damaged homes and communities.

Keywords: Disaster recovery; Entrepreneurs; Narrative; Storytelling; Hurricane Katrina; B53; D71; L26; L31; Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11138-017-0395-y

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