@article {1063, title = {Hybrid Entrepreneurship: How and Why Entrepreneurs Combine Employment with Self-Employment}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {7}, year = {2017}, month = {03/2017}, pages = {33-41}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Changes in the labour market and growth in the diversity of non-standard working arrangements have heightened the interest of policy makers and entrepreneurship researchers in {\textquotedblleft}hybrid entrepreneurship{\textquotedblright}, which is a combination of employment and entrepreneurship. This form of entrepreneurship is particularly popular among highly educated professionals in the high-technology and R\&D sectors. With the goal of improving our understanding and defining a research agenda for this phenomenon, I examined the relevant literature to clarify definitions and I undertook a research study to examine first-hand, through a longitudinal case study, the experiences of two hybrid entrepreneurs, one who intended to become a full-time entrepreneur and one who wish to be hybrid entrepreneur. The key result of the study emphasizes that hybrid entrepreneurs should not be considered as a homogeneous group: some hybrid entrepreneurs may always stay at their waged jobs and others may tend to become full-time entrepreneurs. The results have implications for policy makers wishing to encourage hybrid entrepreneurship and for researchers wishing to undertake further research into this phenomenon. }, keywords = {definitions, hybrid entrepreneurs, hybrid entrepreneurship, risk taking, self-employment}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1063}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1063}, author = {Marina Z. Solesvik} }