Fragile states are generally associated with the concept of institutional voids. Yet, in this study, we move beyond state fragility to explore how distinct local contexts within a fragile state are shaped by multiple institutional logics. Through an explorative multiple case study design, we shed light on two constellation types – relation-centered and market-centered constellations – that constitute the local contexts, with which entrepreneurs interact, within a fragile state. Depending on their entrepreneurial (mis)alignment, we find that the entrepreneurs agentically engage and interact with their local contexts, hereby – consolidating relational centricity, molding relational centricity, reinforcing market centricity, and navigating market centricity.
