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Michiel Verver is interested in the study of entrepreneurship from an anthropological perspective. His research focuses on migrant entrepreneurship, family businesses, and social entrepreneurship in a comparative perspective. He has conducted fieldwork on these topics in Cambodia, Thailand, and the Netherlands.
Michiel holds a BSc in anthropology and a MSc in Culture, Organization and Management. His PhD dissertation examines the revitalization of entrepreneurship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since the demise of the Khmer Rouge regime. His dissertation considers the dynamics of ethnicity, kinship, and patronage that enable entrepreneurship within Phnom Penh's private sector, in particular among the ethnic Chinese minority.
Currently, Michiel is involved in a research project on the transformative potential of social entrepreneurship in various economic sectors in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. At the VU, he teaches courses on globalization and qualitative/ethnographic methodology in the context of organizations.
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- Universiteit van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Docent | 2022-11-01 - 9999-12-23
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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- Entrepreneurship
- Migrant and ethnic minority entrepreneurship
- Social entrepreneurship
- Family business
- Southeast Asia
- Cambodia
- Ethnography
- qualitative methods
- Anthropology
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Guest editorial: New directions in workplace ethnography
Verver, M., van den Ende, L. & Dahles, H., 8 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 13, 2, p. 137-143 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial › Academic › peer-review
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An anthropological perspective on contextualizing entrepreneurship
Verver, M. & Koning, J., Feb 2024, In: Small Business Economics. 62, 2, p. 649-665 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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An anthropological perspective on contextualising entrepreneurship
Verver, M. & Koning, J., 2024, In: Small Business Economics. 62, p. 649–665 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Scaling for social enterprise development: A mixed embeddedness perspective on two Dutch non-profit organisations
Verver, M., Dahles, H. & Soeterbroek, I., 2024, In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 15, 2, p. 659-685 27 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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'Truly a European company’: A Chinese auto maker’s strategies of Europeanisation
Nyiri, P., Ybema, S., de Graaff, N., Verver, M., McCaleb, A. & Szunomár, Á., 2024, In: Asia Pacific Business Review. 30, 2, p. 300-321 22 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Courses
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Organizing Social Transformation: From Urban Living Labs to Systemic Change
van den Ende, L., Verver, M., Resch, B., van den Broek, T. & Larruina, R.
1/12/23 → 30/11/26
Project: Research
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Harbingers of change? Social entrepreneurship's potential for economic transformation
1/11/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Erasmus+ - PEOple-centred development approaches in Practical and Learning Environments
Colombijn, F., Bal, E., Prins, M., Sinatti, G., Brouwer, L., Verver, M. & van Merriënboer, M.
1/11/16 → 1/11/19
Project: Research