Navigating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: An Ethnographic Analysis of Institutional Logics and Strategic Adaptation in Senegalese Business (2000–2026)
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Key Points
This study aims to analyze the institutional logics within the Senegalese entrepreneurial ecosystem and the adaptive strategies businesses use to navigate these logics.
Conducted a longitudinal ethnographic study from 2000 to 2026.
Performed participant observation in various small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Conducted extensive semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs, government officials, and financial intermediaries.
Approximately 70% of firms maintained parallel bookkeeping systems to meet different institutional demands.
Firms exhibited a strategic oscillation between formal bureaucratic practices and informal communal practices.
A dominant theme of 'regulatory pragmatism' indicated selective formal compliance while relying on kinship networks for resources.
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Implication
Ethnographic analysis reveals strategic adaptation in Senegalese entrepreneurship, suggesting integration of formal and informal institutions.