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Broadening the Entrepreneurial Perspective

Interpreneurship in an Irish Furniture Region

Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, ziene.mottiar{at}dit.ie

Sarah Ingle

Dublin City University, Ireland, sarah.ingle{at}dcu.ie

In this article entrepreneurial literature is combined with industrial district literature to try and explain regional success in an Irish industrial sector. A new concept called `interpreneurship' is introduced as an explanatory concept for regional success in an Irish manufacturing case study, the wooden furniture industry in County Monaghan. A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the extent to which the interpreneurship concept is valid, and the authors recommend that this is an important concept for further research.

Key Words: entrepreneurship theory • furniture industry • industrial districts • interpreneurship • Ireland • Monaghan

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International Small Business Journal, Vol. 25, No. 6, 667-680 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607082526


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