Peer-reviewed
A Theory-based Empirical Study of Entrepreneurship in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Findings of this exploratory study suggest that service firms in Iqaluit are often launched by former employees of larger firms who become entrepreneurs; these entrepreneurs are usually mainstream English-Canadians or French-Canadians, and growth is often important for them. In contrast, indigenous Inuit1 often identify more with the land and with sharing its resources than with Western-style mainstream entrepreneurship; their activities are often forms of informal and subsistence self-employment, such as hunting caribou, polar bears and seals for food and for pelts. Entrepreneurship among the Inuit is different in form and substance from the commonly accepted model, and one size does not fit all
Article, 2005