Showing papers in "Journal of Social Entrepreneurship in 2017"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the theory of planned behaviour as the research framework to identify the social entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Indian context by using a 50-item questionnaire was responded by 230 students who are enrolled in the universities in India.
Abstract: The present study aims at identifying the social entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students in Indian context by using the theory of planned behaviour as the research framework. A 50-item questionnaire was responded by 230 students who are enrolled in the universities in India. The data were collected by employing a systematic random sampling method. In total, 72% (N = 166) of the respondents were male and 31% (N = 64) were female and the average age of the respondents was 20 years. The questions measured emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, attitude towards becoming a social entrepreneur and social entrepreneurial intentions. The result shows that the proposed model in the present study explains 42% of the variance, explaining the social entrepreneurship intention. Both Emotional intelligence and self-efficacy showed the positive significant relationship with both attitude and social entrepreneurial intentions.
65 citations
TL;DR: This paper studied the existing definitions of the term social entrepreneurship and found that there is a widespread consensus within the academic community on the definition and meaning of social entrepreneurship, which is primarily centred on the combination of social and financial goals, community ideals and innovation.
Abstract: Over the last 20 years, social entrepreneurship has attracted the attention of researchers from a wide variety of disciplines which has generated a great range of definitions of the term social entrepreneurship. This paper maps the existing definitions, using a citation map and cluster analysis methods. Studying 307 documents in total, the analysis reveals that – contrary to what has been commonly believed – there does, in fact, exist widespread consensus within the academic community on the definition and meaning of the term social entrepreneurship and it is primarily centred on the combination of social and financial goals, community ideals and innovation.
51 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the attractiveness of value propositions of different social accelerator benefits by drawing upon a large and unique database of more than 4,000 social entrepreneurs worldwide who have applied to social accelerator programs.
Abstract: Are the most-publicized benefits of social accelerators also the ones most valued by social entrepreneurs? Does the social entrepreneur human capital – such as education, professional background and experience – shape the attractiveness of value propositions of different social accelerator benefits? These important questions are examined in this study by drawing upon a large and unique database of more than 4,000 social entrepreneurs worldwide who have applied to social accelerator programmes. Study findings are of value not only to social entrepreneurship scholars but also to social entrepreneurs, social accelerators, funders of accelerators and other entities in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
42 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a decision tree is developed that explains why SIBs may not appeal to investors and governments as much as initially hoped by their proponents, specifically addressing the value of SIB-financed initiatives that are rational choices for governments are unlikely to be attractive to investors.
Abstract: Social impact bonds (SIBs) are a form of impact investing that challenge traditional investor and government rationalities in financing or funding social services. SIBs are often presented optimistically as a self-evident ‘win-win’ for public commissioners and potential non-governmental investors in public services. While the use of SIBs has grown recently, SIBs have not been used as extensively as many proponents expected, raising questions around whether investor and government interests can be adequately aligned. A decision tree is developed that explains why SIBs may not appeal to investors and governments as much as initially hoped by their proponents, specifically addressing the value of SIBs in relation to alternative investments available to governments and investors. The decision tree shows that SIB-financed initiatives that are rational choices for governments are unlikely to be attractive to investors (and vice versa). This explains the ‘SIB paradox’ and why it has proved difficult to c...
37 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a worldwide sample of 3.194 social entrepreneurship (SE) from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data and found that about 33% of the SEs in the sample do measure their impact.
Abstract: Social entrepreneurship (SE) is a beautiful and growing vehicle in society to tackle social problems in innovative ways. Unfortunately, existing research has failed to address to what extent SEs are truly living up to their promises. In result, surprisingly little is known about the actual success of SEs in creating social impact. Even more elementary, it is hard to know whether SEs are measuring and monitoring their social impact. Using a worldwide sample of 3.194 SEs from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data this study provides unique insights, as it represents the first global and harmonized assessment of the practice of impact measurement of SEs. Findings show that about 33% of the SEs in the sample do measure their impact. Furthermore, the results show a significant positive relation between economic mission, size and innovativeness of the SE and impact measurement. The relation between social mission and impact measurement show a significant negative result. These results can be se...
36 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the collaborative learning process between partners of the SIB The Colour Kitchen (The Netherlands) is analyzed by analysing a good practice case, showing how collaborative governance theory helps to understand the dynamics of an SIB partnership, and providing insight into theoretical and empirical favorable conditions and actions for collaboration.
Abstract: Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) bring together organizations from various sectors, with different organizational logics. Successful cross-sector collaboration, therefore, is challenging. In this paper, the collaborative learning process between partners of the SIB The Colour Kitchen (The Netherlands) is analysed. By analysing a good practice case, this paper shows (1) how collaborative governance theory helps to understand the dynamics of an SIB partnership, (2) provides insight into theoretical and empirical favourable conditions and actions for collaboration in an SIB, and (3) illustrates the complexity of SIBs and shows why such a normative proposition is still not widely practised.
34 citations
TL;DR: This article applied corpus linguistics (CL) to identify the institutional change work performed by social entrepreneurs and found 17 discourse orientations (i.e., problem, difficulty, empowerment, beneficiary, altruistic, social process, economic, opportunity, sustainability, partnership, resource, solution, government as enabler, social business identity, change-making, mission, and impact) that can be aggregated into five meta discourses: problematization, empowerment and marketization, resource mo...
Abstract: How do social entrepreneurs employ language to bring about a change in the structure of society and institutions? Drawing on discourse as the main epistemology in institutional theory, this research applies corpus linguistics (CL) – a relatively new approach in studying discourse – to identify the institutional-change work performed by social entrepreneurs. By applying CL on a small, specialized corpus of a Chinese social enterprise (SE) that offers taxi services to a specialty market – elders and physically disabled residents – and has institutionalized wheelchair accessible transportation in Hong Kong (China), this research found 17 discourse orientations (i.e., problem, difficulty, empowerment, beneficiary, altruistic, social process, economic, opportunity, sustainability, partnership, resource, solution, government-as-enabler, social business identity, change-making, mission, and impact) that can be aggregated into five meta discourses: problematization, empowerment, marketization, resource mo...
31 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study to five food social entrepreneurs to examine how a marketing strategy creates social value was conducted, and the findings revealed that the majority of them addressed a social problem in their marketing strategy to benefit producers and society.
Abstract: Marketing not only creates economic value for a social enterprise, it also must create social value. This paper adopts a case research to five Thailand's food social entrepreneurs to examine how a marketing strategy creates social value. The findings revealed that the majority of them addressed a social problem in a marketing strategy to benefit producers and society. Key contributions include proposing and validating a holistic set of propositions of social enterprise marketing with social value generation. Recommendations for social enterprise marketers and policy-makers are also provided so that they can improve a marketing strategy to address social problems.
30 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the identification of barriers to social entrepreneurship development in the Czech Republic and recommendations for policymaking based on the Community of Practice on Inclusive Entrepreneurship methodology and its verification.
Abstract: Social entrepreneurship (SE) began to be strongly supported in Central and Eastern European countries during the programming period of 2007–2013. However, the level of SE development still lags behind developed countries. The paper focuses on the identification of barriers to SE development in the Czech Republic and recommendations for policymaking. The value added is the adaptation of the Community of Practice on Inclusive Entrepreneurship methodology and its verification. A limited range of financial support options and a lack of interest of banks to improve the availability of loans were identified as main barriers to the development of SE.
24 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on an analysis of market-oriented social enterprises providing employment opportunities for marginalized populations as hybrid organizations, needing to balance their divergent institutional logics, and introduce a welfare angle into the discourse on the topic to complement the business administration focus in the literature.
Abstract: This paper focuses on an analysis of market-oriented social enterprises providing employment opportunities for marginalized populations as hybrid organizations, needing to balance their divergent institutional logics. The paper introduces a welfare angle into the discourse on the topic to complement the business administration focus in the literature. It challenges the traditional separation between the world of regular work and the world of welfare and provides conceptual frameworks that enable certain marginalized populations to be involved in market-oriented social enterprises and consequently integrate in the community. It provides both a rationale for the existence of market-oriented social enterprises and an analysis of their organizational characteristics. That analysis is based on a conceptualization of a dual hybridity of these entities: The hybridity of form that has to do with structure and can be seen as a combination between a for-profit and a non-profit organization and the hybridity...
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the relationship between gender and social innovation to highlight the possible positive effects of women's participation in social innovation in terms of protection from economic marginalization.
Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between gender and social innovation to highlight the possible positive effects of women's participation in social innovation in terms of protection from economic marginalization. It focuses on Italian solidarity purchasing groups as a case of social innovation in the domain of food and agriculture. The analysis is based on logistic regression using primary data collected in 2016 for the EU funded project CrESSI. The results show that participation in social innovation does protect households from worsening economic conditions. However, it was not empirically proven that there is a significant difference between men and women in the benefit enjoyed from the participation in solidarity purchasing groups.
TL;DR: There have been many creative responses to modern economic, political and technological developments and their (unintended social and ecological consequences as mentioned in this paper, and these responses provide the soil for the future.
Abstract: There have been many creative responses to modern economic, political and technological developments and their (un)intended social and ecological consequences. These responses provide the soil for ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the Extended Social Grid Model, in which an institutionalist perspective on social forces can be combined with the capability approach that puts human agency at its core.
Abstract: Social innovation has increasingly been referred to as a potential driver for – transformative and disruptive -- social change because it offers the potential to provide solutions to social needs that the current institutional status quo neglects or only partially attends to. In this introduction to the special issue on social innovation and marginalisation, the editors provide an overview of the theoretical framework, with which the two phenomena can be put into connection. It introduces the Extended Social Grid Model, in which an institutionalist perspective on social forces can be combined with the capability approach that puts human agency at its core.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply a conceptual framework (ESGM) that envisages multi-layered effects of social innovation on individuals and societies, analyzes subjective, primary data to compare three different European cases, proposing an empirical strategy to capture their effects.
Abstract: Empirical investigation of social innovation and its effects is a much under-explored terrain. Difficulties range from the conceptual complexity of social innovation processes to empirical implementation. This study applies a conceptual framework (ESGM) that envisages multi-layered effects of social innovation on individuals and societies. It analyzes subjective, primary data to compare three different European cases, proposing an empirical strategy to capture their effects. Perceptions of participants report improvements in autonomy and that social innovations mainly produce intangible outcomes such as knowledge and personal relationships, which are unlikely to be captured in synthetic measures such as average effects or money metrics.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a first attempt at a social entrepreneurial management tool which can reproduce the processual thinking of the social entrepreneur and applied empirical data from social entrepreneurship case studies to a modified version of the analytical planning tool known as the Problem and Objective tree.
Abstract: Social entrepreneurship is often presented in the literature as the key to solving many of this world’s persistent social problems. The role of the social entrepreneur is described as fundamental in any social entrepreneurial venture. However, there are few natural-born social entrepreneurs and a lack of knowledge concerning the process of developing a social entrepreneurial venture. Recent studies question the all-important role of the social entrepreneur and instead recognize a collective process of innovation. This study developed a first attempt at a social entrepreneurial management tool which can reproduce the processual thinking of the social entrepreneur. In applying empirical data from social entrepreneurship case studies to a modified version of the analytical planning tool known as the Problem and Objective tree, this study addressed the lack of knowledge concerning the social entrepreneurial development process. The results suggest that the tool can assist social entrepreneurial networ...
TL;DR: Sardex as discussed by the authors is a B2B electronic complementary currency and mutual credit system, which allows private funding to be endogenously generated within a geographically limited socio-economic context, rather than injected from exogenous sources, leading to a greater level of positive social impact.
Abstract: Sardex is a B2B electronic complementary currency and mutual credit system. It allows private funding to be endogenously generated within a geographically limited socio-economic context, rather than injected from exogenous sources, leading to a greater level of positive social impact. Sardex promotes stable and constructive integration of market activity with democratic institutions and socio-cultural values, and is hence identified with sustainable development. This paper presents a case study based on 29 semi-structured in-depth interviews of Sardex members. By drawing on monetary theory, sociology and anthropology, the paper argues that Sardex implements a form of self-funded social impact investment.
TL;DR: In this article, specific features of a social innovation aimed at assisting a social group, which is not simply marginalized, but also socially excluded at least for decades, are analyzed and discussed.
Abstract: The article analyses the specific features of a social innovation aimed at assisting a social group, which is not simply marginalized, but also socially excluded at least for decades. It focuses on...
TL;DR: In this paper, mission statements are considered an effective strategic and communication tool in all types of organizations and they are also relevant in social enterprises, especially in the context of social enterprises.
Abstract: Mission statements are widely considered an effective strategic and communication tool in all types of organization. Specifically, mission statements are also relevant in social enterprises...
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study into 30 Dutch-based complementary currencies and cryptocurrencies was conducted to understand the functioning of different designs of private money systems as well as the motivations and objectives of involved social innovators.
Abstract: This article explores which private moneys qualify as (disruptive) social innovations. A case study into 30 Dutch-based complementary currencies and cryptocurrencies was conducted to understand the functioning of different designs of private money systems as well as the motivations and objectives of involved social innovators. We conclude that private moneys generally can be qualified as social innovations but that their potential for disruptiveness is limited by design. It is the externalities that come with the public and network nature of monetary systems that are likely to impede disruption by private (digital) moneys.