𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗔 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗔 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹:
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿:
Taylor & Francis Group

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
30 October 2026

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development invites submissions for a Special Issue on “Deciphering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Global Driver of Sustainable Regional Development.”

Indigenous entrepreneurs across the world are developing ventures that combine economic ambition with cultural stewardship, sustainability, community well-being, and regional resilience. These enterprises often emerge from contexts shaped by historical marginalization, colonial legacies, land dispossession, systemic exclusion, and limited access to resources. Yet, they also represent powerful acts of self-determination, cultural survival, innovation, and community regeneration.

This Special Issue seeks to broaden the understanding of Indigenous entrepreneurship as a global phenomenon. It welcomes research from diverse regions, including Latin America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, North America, the Arctic, and beyond, highlighting how Indigenous-led enterprises contribute to sustainable and inclusive regional development.

𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

Indigenous entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in place, culture, community relationships, traditional knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Unlike conventional entrepreneurship models that often prioritize individual profit maximization, many Indigenous ventures pursue broader goals such as cultural continuity, land guardianship, intergenerational knowledge transfer, community empowerment, and environmental sustainability.

This Special Issue aims to advance Indigenous-centered entrepreneurship theory and challenge mainstream business frameworks by foregrounding values such as reciprocity, relationality, collective well-being, and socio-spatial justice. It seeks to explore how Indigenous businesses function as catalysts for regional development while navigating structural barriers, market exclusion, cultural appropriation, intellectual property concerns, and unequal power relations.

The issue welcomes conceptual, empirical, comparative, methodological, and practice-oriented contributions that deepen understanding of Indigenous entrepreneurship as a driver of sustainable, inclusive, and place-based development.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystems and community-driven support systems
• Indigenous enterprise, CSR, ESG, and sustainable development
• Leadership styles and communal decision-making in Indigenous enterprises
• Market expansion, authenticity, and cultural sovereignty
• Branding, storytelling, and Indigenous cultural heritage
• Cultural appropriation, intellectual property rights, and protection of traditional knowledge
• Indigenous worldviews in entrepreneurship and management theory
• Entrepreneurship education and Indigenous capacity-building
• Indigenous enterprise as a pathway to self-determination
• Technology adoption, digital platforms, and Industry 4.0 in Indigenous entrepreneurship
• Access to finance, market barriers, discrimination, and business resilience
• Indigenous women entrepreneurs and community leadership
• Policy, place-based development, and Indigenous economic empowerment
• Global comparative perspectives on Indigenous entrepreneurship
• Culture-based enterprise models, including artisan cooperatives, ecotourism, Indigenous media, and digital platforms
• Indigenous entrepreneurship in under-researched regions such as Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Arctic
• Indigenous enterprises and sustainable regional development outcomes

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

Researchers are encouraged to explore questions such as:

• How do Indigenous cultural values and traditional knowledge systems shape entrepreneurial decision-making and business models?
• How can Indigenous concepts such as reciprocity, relationality, community wealth, land guardianship, and the Seven Generations principle be integrated into entrepreneurship theory?
• How do Indigenous entrepreneurs overcome institutional voids, exclusionary systems, and barriers to finance, infrastructure, and market access?
• What role do kinship ties, Indigenous networks, trust, and community relationships play in enterprise resilience and competitive advantage?
• How do Indigenous entrepreneurs balance financial sustainability with social, cultural, and environmental responsibilities?
• What business models support community well-being, ecological stewardship, and economic independence?

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀

The Special Issue encourages diverse and context-sensitive methodologies, including:

• Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research
• Indigenous-led participatory action research
• Community-based and decolonizing methodologies
• Ethnographic and case study approaches
• Narrative, oral history, and storytelling methods
• Yarning circles and culturally grounded research practices
• Visual, arts-based, and participatory video methods
• Comparative and cross-regional research designs
• Critical reflections on ethics, cultural protocols, anonymity, and Indigenous measures of success

Submissions should demonstrate cultural sensitivity, methodological rigor, and respect for Indigenous knowledge systems and community priorities.

𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

Meena Chavan
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Email: meena.chavan@mq.edu.au

Christina Theodoraki
IAE Aix-Marseille University, France
Email: christina.theodoraki@iae-aix.com

Michelle Evans
University of Melbourne, Australia
Email: michelle.evans@unimelb.edu.au

Jane Menzies
University of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Email: jmenzies@usc.edu.au

Anna Earl
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Email: anna.earl@canterbury.ac.nz

Alex Maritz
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Email: a.maritz@latrobe.edu.au

Bella Galperin
University of Tampa, Canada & USA
Email: bgalperin@ut.edu

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀

Three Virtual Paper Development Workshops will be organized to support prospective authors working on manuscripts at different stages of development. These workshops will allow authors to meet the Guest Editors, understand the expectations of the Special Issue, and receive guidance on strengthening study design, theory development, and contribution.

The workshops will be organized across different geographic regions and time zones:

• North and South America
• Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
• Asia and Oceania

Participation in these workshops is not compulsory for submission and does not guarantee publication.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

Launch of Call and Submissions Open: 1 December 2025
Virtual Paper Development Workshops: February 2026, May 2026 & August 2026
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026
Expected Publication Year: 2028

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

All submissions must be original, unpublished works that are not under consideration elsewhere.

Manuscripts should follow the Entrepreneurship & Regional Development submission guidelines and be submitted through the journal’s official submission portal.

When submitting, authors should select the Special Issue title:

“Deciphering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Global Driver of Sustainable Regional Development.”

All manuscripts will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development is a leading international peer-reviewed journal publishing research on entrepreneurship, regional development, innovation, place-based enterprise, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and socio-economic transformation. The journal provides a platform for scholarship that connects entrepreneurial activity with broader questions of community development, sustainability, inclusion, and regional change.

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 — 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

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