Post-bankruptcy stigmatization of entrepreneurs and bankers' decisions to finance

Julien Cusin and Vincent Maymo
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Julien Cusin: IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux
Vincent Maymo: IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux

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Abstract: Studies of post-bankruptcy stigmatization generally adopt a sociocultural, determinist reading, in which an entrepreneur who has suffered a business failure will bestigmatized and discriminated against by society. Our research aims to take the de bate back to its interpersonal foundations. In thisarticle, we have chosen to study thestigmatized/stigmatizing dyad—through the prism of the banker—in order to shed light on the interpretative process of stigmatization, as well as on the factors that may attenuate or reinforcethe stigma. In order to understand how post-bankruptcy stigmatization affects the banker's decision on whether or not to finance a new entrepreneurial project, we have combined semi-structured interviews with an exploratory experimental method involving small-business advisors from banks. Using the "Gioia" methodology, we develop a theoretical model, enabling us to improve our understanding of the development of post-bankruptcy stigma and the differentprocesses that it implies.

Keywords: Stigmatisation; Echec; Décision de financement; Entrepreneur; Banquier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01-01
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Published in M@n@gement, 2016, 19 (4), pp.305-329. ⟨10.3917/mana.194.0305⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/mana.194.0305

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