Florence Villesèche
Florence Villesèche is an Associate Professor. She holds a PhD and MSc in Business Administration from the University of Geneva (CH), as well as an MPhil and MA in Anglophone Studies from the University of Montpellier (F). She is a Marie Curie Alumni and received an Emerald/EFMD Highly Commended Award for outstanding doctoral research. Her published work includes book chapters for edited volumes as well as contributions to recognized outlets such as Human Relations, European Management Review, and Personnel Review. Her main research interests are gender and diversity, identity, the corporate elite and networks.
Since August 2019 Florence Villesèche has also held the position as Academic Director of the CBS Business in Society Platform *‘Diversity and Difference’*. As Academic director of the Diversity and Difference platform, she works to consolidate, advance and disseminate research on diversity and difference in order to have an impact on society through strong partnerships with policy makers, business leaders, NGOs, and public organizations. The platform brings together researchers from a broad range of disciplines, nationally and internationally, including organization studies, linguistic anthropology, cross-cultural management, philosophy, religion, sociology and economics to engage with themes such as migration and integration, cultural and linguistic diversity in the workplace, women in management, sexuality and queer studies, inclusive leadership and diversity management.
Delivering on the Promise of Entrepreneurship by Thinking Beyond Limiting Economic Assumptions:
An Extension of Lewis et al.’s “A Promise Not (Yet) Fulfilled”
In this commentary, we strengthen the potential impact of Lewis and colleagues’ contribution by elevating it beyond the traditional economic assumptions embedded in the opportunity–discovery perspective (Shane & Venkataraman, 2000).
First, we argue that their commitment to discovery theory leads them to downplay the role of wealth inequality in the existence of underserved needs. In response, we expand Lewis et al.’s (2024) framework by pointing to more sustainable solutions for advancing a more inclusive form of capitalism—moving beyond the typical economic preoccupation with markets as self-regulating systems and the reduction of information asymmetries as the primary equilibrating mechanism.