tlamsc
Department of Management, Society and Communication
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)
Thilde
Langevang
Associate professor
,
Co-director Centre for Business and Development Studies
Room:
DH.Ø.2.31
Tel:
+4538152978
E-mail:
tla.msc@cbs.dk
246090
Presentation
My research interests are in the area of entrepreneurship and development studies with a particular focus on youth, women, and creative industries in Africa. My research on entrepreneurship has focused on the importance of the developing country context for entrepreneurship motivations, aspirations, organizational forms, and resource and skills acquisition. Major research projects concern: Advancing Creative Industries for Development in Ghana (ACIG); Youth, Entrepreneurship and Employment in African Economies (YEMP); and Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC).
Primary research areas
Entrepreneurship in developing countries
Youth employment and entrepreneurship
Creative entrepreneurship
Micro and small enterprises
Women entrepreneurs
Africa (mainly Ghana and Uganda)
Links
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/tlamsc
Courses
Entrepreneurship for Development (BLC MSc Business and Development Studies)
Field Study: Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development in Uganda (BLC MSc Business and Development Studies)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Uganda (EMBA)
Supervision
Supervises at all levels
Selected publications
Thilde Langevang; Katherine V. Gough; Paul W.K. Yankson; George Owusu; Robert Osei / Bounded Entrepreneurial Vitality : The Mixed Embeddedness of Female Entrepreneurship.
In: Economic Geography, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2015, p. 449-473
Katherine V. Gough (Editor) ; Thilde Langevang (Editor) / Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abingdon : Routledge 2016, 272 p.
Langevang, T. (2008): ‘We are managing!’: uncertain paths to respectable adulthoods in Accra, Ghana, Geoforum 39 (6): 2039-2047
Thilde Langevang / Fashioning the Future : Entrepreneuring in Africa’s Emerging Fashion Industry.
In: The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2017, p. 893-910
Thilde Langevang; Rebecca Namatovu / Social Bricolage in the Aftermath of War
In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 6.4.2019
Publications sorted by:
2023
Reginald Arthur; Olivia Anku-Tsede; Mohammed-Aminu Sanda; Eleonora Belfiore; Thilde Langevang / Conceptualizing the Influence of Digital Musicpreneurs on the Music Streaming Ecosystem in the Global South : An Actor-network Perspective.
In: Application of Emerging Technologies: Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing. AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition. . ed. /Tareq Ahram; Waldemar Karwowski. New York : AHFE Open Access 2023, p. 56–67 (AHFE International, Vol. 115)
In: Application of Emerging Technologies: Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing. AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition. . ed. /Tareq Ahram; Waldemar Karwowski. New York : AHFE Open Access 2023, p. 56–67 (AHFE International, Vol. 115)
Article in proceedings > peer review
Rashida Resario; Robin Steedman; Thilde Langevang / Exploring Everyday Resilience in the Creative Industries through Devised Theatre : A Case of Performing Arts Students and Recent Graduates in Ghana.
In: International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3, 5.2023, p. 237-256
In: International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3, 5.2023, p. 237-256
Journal article > peer review
Robin Steedman; Ana Alacovska; Thilde Langevang; Rashida Resario / Imaginaries of Platform Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries : Techno-optimism and Subversion in Ghanaian Filmmaking.
In: Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 26, No. 10, 9.2023, p. 1979-1995
In: Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 26, No. 10, 9.2023, p. 1979-1995
Journal article > peer review
2022
Thilde Langevang; Rashida Resario; Ana Alacovska; Robin Steedman; Dorothy Akpene Amenuke; Sela Kodjo Adjei; Rufai Haruna Kilu / Care in Creative Work : Exploring the Ethics and Aesthetics of Care through Arts-based Methods.
In: Cultural Trends, Vol. 31, No. 5, 12.2022, p. 448-469
In: Cultural Trends, Vol. 31, No. 5, 12.2022, p. 448-469
Journal article > peer review
Maribel Blasco; Thilde Langevang; Søren Jeppesen / Learning Through Disruptions : Equipping Students to Cope With Challenging Contexts Through a Field-based Course in Africa.
In: Journal of Management Education, Vol. 46, No. 5, 10.2022, p. 853-887
In: Journal of Management Education, Vol. 46, No. 5, 10.2022, p. 853-887
Journal article > peer review
Thilde Langevang; Robin Steedman; Ana Alacovska; Rashida Resario; Rufai Haruna Kilu; Mohammed-Aminu Sanda / ‘The Show Must Go On!’ : Hustling through the Compounded Precarity of Covid-19 in the Creative Industries.
In: Geoforum, Vol. 136, 11.2022, p. 142-152
In: Geoforum, Vol. 136, 11.2022, p. 142-152
Journal article > peer review
2021
Amanda Haarman; Thilde Langevang / Capitalizing on Translocal Affiliations : Configuring Capital in Returnee Entrepreneurship.
In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 4, 10.2021, p. 703-722
In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 4, 10.2021, p. 703-722
Journal article > peer review
Anne Vestergaard; Thilde Langevang; Mette Morsing; Luisa Murphy / Partnerships for Development : Assessing the Impact Potential of Cross-sector Partnerships.
In: World Development, Vol. 143, 7.2021
In: World Development, Vol. 143, 7.2021
Journal article > peer review
Ana Alacovska; Thilde Langevang; Robin Steedman / The Work of Hope : Spiritualizing, Hustling and Waiting in the Creative Industries in Ghana.
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 53, No. 4, 6.2021, p. 619-637
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 53, No. 4, 6.2021, p. 619-637
Journal article > peer review
2020
Anne Vestergaard; Luisa Murphy; Mette Morsing; Thilde Langevang / Cross-sector Partnerships as Capitalism’s New Development Agents : Reconceiving Impact as Empowerment.
In: Business & Society, Vol. 59, No. 7, 9.2020, p. 1339-1376
In: Business & Society, Vol. 59, No. 7, 9.2020, p. 1339-1376
Journal article > peer review
2019
Michael W. Hansen; Thilde Langevang; Lettice Rutashobya; Goodluck Urassa / Seven Case Studies of Tanzanian Food Processing Enterprises
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2019, 11 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2019/1)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2019, 11 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2019/1)
Working paper
Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang; Paul W.K. Yankson; George Owusu / Shaping Geographies of Informal Education : A Global South Perspective.
In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol. 109, No. 6, 11.2019, p. 1885-1902
In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Vol. 109, No. 6, 11.2019, p. 1885-1902
Journal article > peer review
Thilde Langevang; Rebecca Namatovu / Social Bricolage in the Aftermath of War
In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Vol. 31, No. 9/10, 12.2019, p. 785-805
In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Vol. 31, No. 9/10, 12.2019, p. 785-805
Journal article > peer review
2018
Anne Vestergaard; Luisa Murphy; Mette Morsing; Thilde Langevang / Business-NGO Partnerships : The New Development Agents?.
Paper presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2018
Paper presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2018
Paper > peer review
Michael W. Hansen; Thilde Langevang; Lettice Rutashobya; Goodluck Urassa / Coping with the African Business Environment : Enterprise Strategy in Response to Institutional Uncertainty in Tanzania.
In: Journal of African Business, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2018, p. 1-26
In: Journal of African Business, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2018, p. 1-26
Journal article > peer review
Anne Vestergaard; Luisa Murphy; Mette Morsing; Thilde Langevang / Cross Sector Partnerships as Capitalism’s new Development Agents : Reconceiving Impact as Empowerment.
Paper presented at The 29th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business and Society. IABS 2018, 2018
Paper presented at The 29th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business and Society. IABS 2018, 2018
Paper > peer review
Thilde Langevang; Michael W. Hansen; Lettice Kinunda Rutashobya / Navigating Institutional Complexities : The Response Strategies of Tanzanian Female Entrepreneurs.
In: International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2018, p. 224-242
In: International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2018, p. 224-242
Journal article > peer review
Anne Vestergaard; Luisa Murphy; Mette Morsing; Thilde Langevang / The New Development Agents : A Critical Analysis of North-South CSR Partnerships.
Paper presented at The 29th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business and Society. IABS 2018, 2018
Paper presented at The 29th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Business and Society. IABS 2018, 2018
Paper > peer review
2017
Thilde Langevang / Fashioning the Future : Entrepreneuring in Africa’s Emerging Fashion Industry.
In: The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, 8.2017, p. 893-910
In: The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, 8.2017, p. 893-910
Journal article > peer review
2016
Katherine V. Gough; Francis Chigunta; Thilde Langevang / Expanding the Scales and Domains of (in)Security : Youth Employment in Urban Zambia.
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2016, p. 348-366
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2016, p. 348-366
Journal article > peer review
2016
Thilde Langevang / Fashioning the Future : Entrepreneuring in Africa’s Emerging Fashion Industry.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2016, 39 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 25)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2016, 39 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 25)
Working paper
Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang / Introduction : Youth Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 1-11
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 1-11
Book chapter > peer review
Francis Chigunta; Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang / Young Entrepreneurs in Lusaka : Overcoming Constraints through Ingenuity and Social Entrepreneurship.
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 67-79
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 67-79
Book chapter > peer review
Katherine V. Gough (Editor) ; Thilde Langevang (Editor) / Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abingdon : Routledge 2016, 272 p.
Abingdon : Routledge 2016, 272 p.
Anthology > peer review
Rebecca Namatovu; Thilde Langevang; Samuel Dawa; Sarah Kyejjusa / Youth Entrepreneurship Trends and Policies in Uganda
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 18-31
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 18-31
Book chapter > peer review
Thilde Langevang / Youth Entrepreneurship and Socioeconomic Change in Urban Ghana
In: Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat. . ed. /Nicola Ansell; Natascha Klocker; Tracey Skelton. Singapore : Springer Science+Business Media 2016 (Geographies of Children and Young People , Vol. 8)
In: Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat. . ed. /Nicola Ansell; Natascha Klocker; Tracey Skelton. Singapore : Springer Science+Business Media 2016 (Geographies of Children and Young People , Vol. 8)
Book chapter > peer review
Rebecca Namatovu; Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang / Youth Entrepreneurship in Kampala : Managing Scarce Resources in a Challenging Environment.
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 80-93
In: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. ed. /Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 80-93
Book chapter > peer review
2015
Thilde Langevang; Katherine V. Gough; Paul W.K. Yankson; George Owusu; Robert Osei / Bounded Entrepreneurial Vitality : The Mixed Embeddedness of Female Entrepreneurship.
In: Economic Geography, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2015, p. 449-473
In: Economic Geography, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2015, p. 449-473
Journal article > peer review
Michael W. Hansen; Thilde Langevang; Lettice Rutashobya; Goodluck Urassa / Coping with the African Business Environment : Strategic Response under Market and Institutional Uncertainty in the Tanzanian Food Processing Industry.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 34 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 24)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 34 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 24)
Working paper > peer review
2014
Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang; Rebecca Namatovu / Researching Entrepreneurship in Low-income Settlements : The Strengths and Challenges of Participatory Methods.
In: Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2014, p. 297-311
In: Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2014, p. 297-311
Journal article > peer review
2013
Isaïe Dougnon; Modibo Galy Cisse; Lucie Bello; Balla Koné; Samba Touré; Thilde Langevang; Cecilia Gregersen / L’entrepreneuriat jeune au Mali - Etude de cas : Bamako, Segou, Konobougou et Niono.
www : L’Ambassade Royale du Danmark au Mali: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères du Danemark 2013, 31 p.
www : L’Ambassade Royale du Danmark au Mali: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères du Danemark 2013, 31 p.
Report
Thilde Langevang; Rebecca Namatovu / Social Entrepreneurship in the Aftermath of War : The Case of Youth Groups in Northern Uganda.
Paper presented at The 13th European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM) 2013, 2013
Paper presented at The 13th European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM) 2013, 2013
Paper > peer review
Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang; George Owusu / Youth Employment in a Globalising World
In: International Development Planning Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2013, p. 91-102
In: International Development Planning Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2013, p. 91-102
Journal article > peer review
2012
Thilde Langevang; Rebecca Namatovu; Samuel Dawa / Beyond Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurship : Motivations and Aspirations of Young Entrepreneurs in Uganda.
In: International Development Planning Review, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2012, p. 242-252
In: International Development Planning Review, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2012, p. 242-252
Journal article > peer review
Thilde Langevang; Katherine Gough / Diverging Pathways : Young Female Employment and Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In: Geographical Journal, Vol. 178, No. 3, 2012, p. 242-252
In: Geographical Journal, Vol. 178, No. 3, 2012, p. 242-252
Journal article > peer review
Katherine Gough; Francis Chigunta; Thilde Langevang / Employment Insecurity : The Trials and Tribulations of Young People in Lusaka.
Abstract from RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2012. , 2012
Abstract from RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2012. , 2012
Conference abstract for conference > peer review
2011
Thilde Langevang / Fashioning Careers : Young Entrepreneurs in Africa’s Emerging Fashion Industry .
2011
2011
Conference abstract for conference > peer review
Paul W.K. Yankson; George Owusu; Katherine Gough; Robert D. Osei; Thilde Langevang / Global Entrepreneurship Monitor : GEM Ghana 2010 Executive Report.
: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana 2011, 41 p.
: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana 2011, 41 p.
Report
2010
Thilde Langevang / A New Generation of Young Entrepreneurs : Starting Businesses in a Time of Globalization in Ghana.
Paper presented at The 12th International Conference on African Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development. ICAESB 2010, 2010
Paper presented at The 12th International Conference on African Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development. ICAESB 2010, 2010
Paper
Henrik Schaumburg-Müller; Søren Jeppesen; Thilde Langevang / Entrepreneurship Development in Africa : Report from a Workshop 6-8 September 2010.
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2010, 21 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 12/2010)
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2010, 21 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 12/2010)
Working paper
2010
Thilde Langevang; Katherine Gough / Krise og Kreativitet : Unges beskæftigelsesveje i Accra, Ghana.
In: Geografisk Orientering, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2.2010, p. 440-447
In: Geografisk Orientering, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2.2010, p. 440-447
Journal article
Katherine Gough; Thilde Langevang / Reshaping Livelihoods : Youth Entrepeneurship in the Second-Hand Clothing Industry in Ghana.
Paper presented at African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference 2010 , 2010
Paper presented at African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference 2010 , 2010
Paper
2009
Thilde Langevang; Katherine Gough / Surviving Through Movement : The Mobility of Urban Youth in Ghana .
In: Social & Cultural Geography, Vol. 10, No. 7, 2009, p. 741 - 756
In: Social & Cultural Geography, Vol. 10, No. 7, 2009, p. 741 - 756
Journal article > peer review
More results... (total 43 results)
2020
Anne Vestergaard; Luisa Murphy; Mette Morsing; Thilde Langevang / SDG 17 Check In : Cross-sector Partnerships from the Beneficiary Perspective?.
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 27.1.2020
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 27.1.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
2015
Toke Reichstein; Anders Sørensen; Ulrich Kaiser; Wolfgang Sofka; William Baum Gartner; Asma Fattoum; Ester Barinaga; Thilde Langevang; Camilla Bartholdy; Daniel Hjorth / The Baton of Entrepreneurship : CBS Views on Entrepreneurship.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 13 p.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2015, 13 p.
Report
2010
Thilde Langevang / Entrepeneurship for Development
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2010, 900 p.
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2010, 900 p.
Compendium/lecture notes
2023
Selvstændige kvinder styrker den afrikanske økonomi
10/08/2023 // Globalnyt.dk // Stine Uldbjerg Hansen
Feltkursus i Afrika hjælper studerende med at håndtere globale udfordringer
01/08/2023 // Cbs.dk // Copenhagen Business School
2018
The Dean of Education: We can experiment more with experiential teaching
13/11/2018 // Cbswire.dk // Gregor Halff, Lisbeth Holten
Unique field-based program in Uganda is a playground for students
13/11/2018 // Cbswire.dk // Daiana Contini
2015
Afrika boomer med talentfulde iværksættere
10/08/2015 // Kristeligt Dagblad // Karitte Lind Bejer
Nyt Afrika-magasin er en (god) dansk idé
09/06/2015 // DR.dk // Rasmus Friis Jensen
2014
Afrikas vækst kaster alt for få jobs af sig
26/06/2014 // Kristeligt Dagblad // Karitte Lind Bejer
2013
Afrikas vækst hjælper ikke almindelige mennesker
15/10/2013 // Information // Troels Gadegaard Frølich
Research Projects
Outside activities
Currently no outside activities