TY - JOUR T1 - Hybrid Entrepreneurship: How and Why Entrepreneurs Combine Employment with Self-Employment JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - Marina Z. Solesvik KW - definitions KW - hybrid entrepreneurs KW - hybrid entrepreneurship KW - risk taking KW - self-employment AB - Changes in the labour market and growth in the diversity of non-standard working arrangements have heightened the interest of policy makers and entrepreneurship researchers in “hybrid entrepreneurship”, which is a combination of employment and entrepreneurship. This form of entrepreneurship is particularly popular among highly educated professionals in the high-technology and R&D sectors. With the goal of improving our understanding and defining a research agenda for this phenomenon, I examined the relevant literature to clarify definitions and I undertook a research study to examine first-hand, through a longitudinal case study, the experiences of two hybrid entrepreneurs, one who intended to become a full-time entrepreneur and one who wish to be hybrid entrepreneur. The key result of the study emphasizes that hybrid entrepreneurs should not be considered as a homogeneous group: some hybrid entrepreneurs may always stay at their waged jobs and others may tend to become full-time entrepreneurs. The results have implications for policy makers wishing to encourage hybrid entrepreneurship and for researchers wishing to undertake further research into this phenomenon. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1063 IS - 3 U1 - Nord University Business School Marina Z. Solesvik is Professor and Chair of Maritime Innovation in the Nord University Business School, Norway. She also holds part-time positions in Norway as Professor at the University of Tromsø and Bergen University College. She is a board member at several Norwegian firms and organizations, including the National Riksteatret in Oslo. Marina holds a PhD in Management from the Nord University Business School and a PhD in Entrepreneurship from the Institute of Agrarian Economy in Kiev, Ukraine. Her research interests include regional innovation, open innovation, maritime business, entrepreneurial intentions, female entrepreneurship, strategic alliances, and Arctic research. ER -