scholarly journals Inclusive innovation and the role of technological capability-building: The social business Grameen Danone Foods Limited in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 101843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahan Ara Peerally ◽  
Claudia De Fuentes ◽  
Paulo N. Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Technological Capability ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Inclusive Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Capability Building

The University in a Retail Context

2019 ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Xhimi Hysa ◽  
Vusal Gambarov ◽  
Besjon Zenelaj
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
The Social ◽  
Retail Activity ◽  
The University ◽  
Case Based

On-campus retailing is a spread practice, but academia has almost underestimated its potential. Nevertheless, not every type of retail activity adds value to customers and society. When the proposed value is society-driven and sensitive to consumers' wellbeing, customers' engagement increases. One business model, through which it is possible to exploit the benefits of on-campus retailing by adding social value, is the Yunus Social Business. This is a case-based study aiming to describe, through the Social Business Model Canvas, the founding of an organic shop within a university that is supplied by administrative staff of the university that are at the same time also local farmers. Further, the shop aims to resell organic food to university staff and students. The case study is theoretically enriched by traditional Porterian frameworks and new service frameworks such as the service-dominant logic by emphasizing the role of value proposition, value co-creation, and value-in-context.

Science Parks from a University Perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Malcolm Parry
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Science Park ◽  
The Social ◽  
Learning Region ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Changing Role

In the context of the changing role of universities and the increasing emphasis on their function in the regional economy, the author assesses the establishment and development of the UK's science parks from the universities' perspective. Identifying the science park as a key instrument for the successful engagement of a university with its local community, he looks at the impact of parks on the processes of invention, innovation, technology transfer, commercialization and enterprise. He then outlines the three strategies available to a university for involvement in science park development – from high to low cost and high to low control. Finally, the author considers the influences on successful park development of the social, business and technological environments. He concludes that the mission of universities, together with their changing role, requires them to be the cohesive force in the learning region. The science park is a means of turning this concept into reality.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Business in Environmental Protection through Poverty Alleviation

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Md. Wahidul Alam ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Shakil ◽  
Md. Kazi Golam Azam ◽  
Mashiyat Tasnia
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Social Business runs for the welfare of people rather to profit maximization. In the economic system of Bangladesh there are mainly two types of organization models. Companies of private sector sell products or services to make profit while non-profit organizations are financed by the government. When both the governments and private sector reach their limits, charity organizations fill up the deficiency. Nowadays, we have forgotten to involve the poor into the economy. And exactly that target group is full of potential but has never had a real opportunity. Only such opportunities can be provided to them through social business. The study is of analytical and theoretical in nature and based on secondary data. It encompasses the fact that success of social business sector in Bangladesh is noteworthy as Bangladesh is taking various successful steps to go ahead in poverty alleviation and environmental protection through new alternative arrangement named Social Business. The paper depicts that Social Businesses of Bangladesh is trying to contribute in environmental protection through poverty alleviation by its different extensive programs. Various new integrated model and new Social Business idea will support in this regard. The Social Business can easily overcome the impediments in environmental protection and poverty alleviation by implementing policy formulated in this study.

Sahaj Crafts: the challenge of alleviating poverty in Western Rajasthan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aashish Mehra ◽  
Nidhi Mathur ◽  
Vaibhav Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

Learning outcomes The learning objectives of this case are as follows: identify and understand the major challenges/problems faced by a social enterprise in promoting handicraft business; examine the value chain architecture of handicraft products; assess the role of the protagonist (Sanjay) as a social change agent in shaping a successful social enterprise; assess Sahaj Crafts' initiatives and analyze whether the key intervention/s planned/executed were required for skilling up of rural artisans and upgradation of handicraft business; know the marketing strategies for handicraft products; and understand the “strategies” which need to be applied for uplifting people's lives at the bottom of pyramid in general and for enlivening of artisans’ clusters in particular. The outcomes are as follows: examining the value chain architecture of handicraft product; understanding the difficulties and challenges of structuring a viable social business model; examining the role of Sanjay as a social change agent in shaping a successful social enterprise; and examining the model of Craft Incubation Center and design education proposed by Sahaj Crafts for improving rural artisans’ livelihood and skills upgradation. Case overview/synopsis Sanjay Joshi – the promoter and CEO of “Sahaj Crafts” (a social enterprise established in Western Rajasthan, India), an initiative to strengthen indigenous skills and mainstream rural craft products and artworks – is faced with the question of how to scale up his organization’s operations. Doing so requires that he address these fundamental challenges in terms of – how to deal with unorganized craft communities; match up product orientation to market demands; integrate modern technology / processes in craft business; combat restricted mobility of women artisans; and make effective interventions so that the artisans learn and enjoy working in the current model and solve the financial issues faced by the social enterprise. Providing effective and implementable answers to those questions is vital to Sahaj Craft’s development in attaining its mission to alleviate poverty in the region. Failing to expand operations above a critical scale may leave Sahaj Crafts vulnerable in meeting sufficient demand for contemporary craft products in the mainstream markets. Complexity academic level This case study is primarily suitable for post-graduate level management students to teach the concepts of designing and operationalizing a “social” business model in a social entrepreneurship module. This case study can also be used for highlighting business model innovations in the social sector of emerging markets. The case could be taught in the following academic domains: social entrepreneurship; bottom of the pyramid; social inclusion; supply chain consolidation (vertical integration in a value chain); marketing strategies for handicraft products; branding; brand positioning; cost and management accounting. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship

SOCIAL INNOVATION IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR: THE CASE OF PJE/PRODIGIUM

2021 ◽  
pp. c8
Author(s):  
Fabio Prado Saldanha ◽  
Natalia Aguilar Delgado ◽  
Marlei Pozzebon
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Vulnerable Youth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Sector

This case examines the major challenges faced by Productions Jeun’Est (PJE) and Prodigium, a social enterprise working in the cultural sector. The profits generated by Prodigium’s activities in the entertainment field are invested in the PJE training program that aims to increase the social inclusion of vulnerable youth by training them to be technicians in the cultural market. By studying this case, students are expected to understand the elements of a social business model, to analyze the role of the different elements forming a social innovation and to evaluate the challenges of planning its transfer to another context.

scholarly journals Rola biznesu społecznego w procesie upodmiotowienia kobiet w Bangladeszu na przykładzie działalności organizacji BRAC w dystrykcie Magura

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Makarewicz-Marcinkiewicz ◽  
Hussin Alam
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
Self Worth

The role of social business in the process of women’s empowerment in Bangladesh on the example of BRAC organization’s activities in Magura districtWomen’s empowerment is a process of gradual growth of the spiritual, political, social and economic strength of individuals, communities or entire societies. Strengthening the social position often entails strengthening confidence in one’s own abilities. It is also connected with full participation of women in economic life in all sectors, which is very important in the context of strengthening economies and achieving desirable goals of sustainable development. Social business introduces a completely revolutionary dimension to a free market economy. This does not interfere with the profit-generating mechanism, on the contrary, it promotes investment, management and competitiveness. Satisfaction obtained in achieving specific social goals is the only motive for the investment, and the resulting business is assessed in accordance with this standard. The article presents the process of empowering poor women from the rural district of Magura in Bangladesh, possible to carry out through the activities of the BRAC Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee. The work refers to the eff ectiveness of activities in the field of social business, first in the context of changing the awareness of rights and the self-worth of women taking part in such projects, and secondly in the context of improving their socio-economic status and exiting poverty.

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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