Dear colleagues,
Last year we piloted an initiative between Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China) and Oxford University (UK) that led us to reflect on a question I believe remains underexplored:
To what extent is the perceived value of an entrepreneurial idea stable across contexts?
Through a cross-cultural founder exchange (Global Entrepreneurial Clash), we observed that entrepreneurial ideas often do not "travel" as expected. What appears clear, compelling, or scalable in one context can be interpreted quite differently in another.
More interestingly, founders themselves began to reconsider how they framed and understood their own ideas when exposed to alternative evaluative lenses.
This points to a broader consideration:
Entrepreneurial ideas may be less intrinsically stable than we assume, and more dependent on the cognitive and contextual conditions under which they are interpreted.
We are currently preparing the second edition of the Clash and continuing to explore this direction.
We are continuing to explore this direction in the next edition of the Clash.
Victor (Vik) Pérez
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Creator, Global Entrepreneurial Clash
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Victor (Vik) Perez
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