Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Macromarketing

Volume

39

Issue

4

Pages

368-384

Publisher Name

Sage

Abstract

War and other violent conflicts greatly degrade a country’s economic, social, and marketing systems. In the aftermath of conflict, national and international organizations develop different strategies, such as business development, aimed at the reconstruction of these systems. This article draws on boundary theory to frame the way in which entrepreneurship can help ex-militants to discard war-activities and to reintegrate peacefully and productively into a peace-time economy. An interpretive study examining the life-narratives of former militants of illegal groups involved in Colombia’s armed conflict – the world’s longest, lasting 52 years – regarding their business start-ups was designed and administered. Findings extend current Macromarketing and Entrepreneurship literature by showing how policies and entrepreneurial business practices in recovering marketing systems can help ex-militants to overcome discrimination, to transform their identities and to reintegrate peacefully into civil society, which in turn may portend a more inclusive and equitable marketing system and robust national economy.

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Author Posting © The Authors, 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the Authors for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Macromarketing, Volume 39, Issue 4, December, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0276146719884606

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