Marketing

Context (archaeology)

Natural disaster

Biology

Business administration

Public relations

Computer security

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Computer science

Business

Paleontology

Physics

Relevance (law)

Political science

Value (mathematics)

Artificial intelligence

Meteorology

Perspective (graphical)

Machine learning

Journal of Business Research

The frequency and ferocity of recent natural disasters have necessitated the urgency and relevance of disaster-related research to mitigate risk and hasten recovery. While there is a proliferation of studies on the impact of disasters on property, life, communities and the environment, much remains unknown about entrepreneurial challenges and behaviours post-disaster. This paper investigates how Entrepreneurial Marketing (EM) is enacted in post-disaster settings to facilitate speedy business recovery. We examined the post-quake experiences of small business entrepreneurs by using inductive research and adopting a ‘theories-in-use’ approach. Research propositions are developed that capture the dynamics of the business environment which influence entrepreneurial decisions, actions and EM behaviour. A new definition is offered in the light of this study and an EM Post-Disaster Business Recovery (EMPDBR) Framework is provided. This framework highlights opportunity-seeking, resource-organising, creating customer value and accepting risk (ORCAr) as concepts that are markedly different in the post-disaster context.

Post-disaster business recovery: An entrepreneurial marketing perspective