Time-bounded events and local entrepreneurship: An exploratory study

Research on intensive, festive, and solution-orientated time-bounded events (Hackathon, Start-up Weekend…) is recent. A literature review shows effects about mobilization, learning, creativity… and obstacles about achieving innovative projects, in different empirical contexts. We intend to connect those events to the creation of a local entrepreneurial dynamic. What would be the specific effects and obstacles? To explore this, we provide a longitudinal unique case study: ‘Territory Start-up’ organized by a multi-stakeholder cooperative, Clus’Ter Jura. We show the gap between the apparent tangible goal of creating jobs and the main real effects: symbolic (visibility, credibility) and educational. We show the educational and transformation potential of time-bounded-events to contribute to foster a local entrepreneurship dynamic.
JEL Code: R00