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Leo Paul Dana

Researcher at Dalhousie University

Publications -  435
Citations -  12280

Leo Paul Dana is an academic researcher from Dalhousie University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Small business. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 401 publications receiving 9872 citations. Previous affiliations of Leo Paul Dana include University of Montpellier & Halifax.

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Expanding the scope of methodologies used in entrepreneurship research

TL;DR: The simplest possible unit of research for understanding entrepreneurship is not the entrepreneur, but rather it is useful to have a case study in which the important aspects of environment are analysed and understood as mentioned in this paper.
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Boundaries of Social Capital in Entrepreneurship

TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical critique of the social capital literature is presented, and the authors focus on Old Harbor, Alaska, a remote outpost mainly populated by Alutiiq people, all entrepreneu...
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Indigenous Land Rights, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development in Canada: 'Opting-In' to the Global Economy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore business development activities that flow from the later aspect of indigenous land rights in a Canadian context, suggesting that the process is a particular and important instance of social entrepreneurship.
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Toward a Theory of Indigenous Entrepreneurship

TL;DR: Indigenous populations throughout the world suffer from chronic poverty, lower education levels, and poor health The second wave of indigenous development, after direct economic assistance from outside, lies in indigenous efforts to rebuild their 'nations' and improve their lot through entrepreneurial enterprise as mentioned in this paper.
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Entrepreneurship in a Remote Sub-Arctic Community

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the existing theories of entrepreneurship with the findings of an ethnographic study of entrepreneurs in a small Alaskan town, and found that the former tend to become reactive entrepreneurs (less by choice than by life circumstances), while the latter tend to be opportunity seekers.