embeddedness
noun/ɪmˈbedɪdnəs/
/ɪmˈbedɪdnəs/
(also imbeddedness)
[uncountable] (formal)- the degree to which an activity, an organization, a relationship, etc. is influenced by the social or cultural environment in which it occurs or exists
- Recent research has highlighted the social embeddedness of entrepreneurship, in which value is shaped as much by cultural as economic influences.
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