A relational conceptualisation of context and the real time emergence of entrepreneurship processes

In this chapter we ask the question, 'how should we conceptualise the multiplicity of contexts in the real time emergence of entrepreneurial processes?' We propose that the answer to this question involves developing a relational conception of context. By this we mean how multiple contexts are combined with agency in real-time through the 'structure of time consciousness' (Kortooms, 2012). We argue that this conceptualisation is important for identifying, selecting and integrating contexts in entrepreneurial explanations because it enables the theorization of multiple contexts as specific spatio-temporal dimensions of the explained event.