@inbook{a8f6c76e901b4b6198dc9034b78ace07,
title = "From sand dunes northward of Jaffa to a cosmopolitan city: Tel Aviv entrepreneurs{\textquoteright} experiences",
abstract = "This chapter investigates entrepreneurs{\textquoteright} personal experiences of working and living in Tel Aviv, Israel. The chapter notes a range of developments relevant to Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s cosmopolitanism – achievements in city planning, health care, design of start-up ecosystem, and the impact of mandatory military service on the formation of entrepreneurial networks. This discussion is complemented by highlights of Israel{\textquoteright}s and Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s culture and the city{\textquoteright}s unique lifestyle and permits to argue that Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s cosmopolitanism is based on three elements - tolerance, innovation and attractive lifestyle. The chapter then delineates six themes that the study{\textquoteright}s participants (Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s entrepreneurs) indicated as the most important for their life and work. These themes are: how they perceive Tel Aviv in terms of opportunities the city offers; how effective is Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s entrepreneurial ecosystem; the importance of military experience; how people go about their personal relationships and a marriage; what are the divisions and inequalities in the city; and what constraints entrepreneurs experience with their start-ups. The conclusion draws insights into Tel Aviv{\textquoteright}s unique cosmopolitanism and its limitations. ",
author = "Kakabadse, {Nada K.} and Nikolai Mouraviev",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
day = "11",
doi = "10.4324/9780429029912",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367140564",
series = "Routledge studies in entrepreneurship",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "48--69",
editor = "Mouraviev, {Nikolai } and Kakabadse, {Nada K.}",
booktitle = "Entrepreneurship and global cities",
}