Strategic niche management of social innovations: the case of social entrepreneurship

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 667-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marten J. Witkamp ◽  
Rob P.J.M. Raven ◽  
Lambèr M.M. Royakkers
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Strategic Niche Management

Social Entrepreneurship as an Innovative Form of Business

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Borscheva ◽  
Yulia Fedorova ◽  
Lyubov Zasova ◽  
Guzal Islamova ◽  
Ksenia Borscheva
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Charitable Activities

Abstract As a result of the conducted research, the main approaches to the study of social entrepreneurship, its characteristic features and differences from charitable activities, traditional business and the activities of non-profit organizations were identified. The important role of social entrepreneurs - leaders who take risks and find innovative opportunities for combining resources to solve social problems and create social value is determined. The main approaches to the development of organizational and legal forms of social entrepreneurship implemented in different countries are highlighted. The analysis of foreign experience has shown that in the conditions of globalization, social entrepreneurship has covered all countries, and in many countries, it has already become a full-fledged economic institution. The emergence and development of social entrepreneurship not only makes it possible to increase the level of accessibility of consumption of goods and services, but also contributes to the mitigation or even solution of many existing social problems through the introduction of social innovations, which leads to an increase in the level of well-being of the population.

Social Innovations and Social Entrepreneurship in Sport

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
Katarina Schenker ◽  
Tomas Peterson ◽  
Daniel Bjärsholm
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovations

scholarly journals Intermediaries and social entrepreneurship identity: implications for business model innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maribel Guerrero ◽  
Carlos A. Santamaría-Velasco ◽  
Raj Mahto
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Social Innovations

PurposeThe authors propose a theoretical basis for understanding the role of ecosystem intermediaries in the configuration of social entrepreneurship identities in social purpose organisations (SPOs) and their business model innovations (BMIs).Design/methodology/approachAdopting a retrospective multiple-case study, the authors offer insights into the paths/elements that determine the building of 44 social entrepreneurship identities in the context of an emerging economy (Mexico).FindingsThe study sheds light on the role of intermediaries in the configuration of the entrepreneurial identities of Mexican SPOs and BMIs, as well as several externalities generated during the process of capturing the social and economic value, especially when social innovations are focussed on solving societal, economic and ecological social problems.Research limitations/implicationsThe first limitation is related to the analysis of intermediaries within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, which needs more conceptual and empirical evidence. The second limitation is that the analysis focussed only on intervened SPOs, as the authors did not control for non-intervened SPOs. Thus, this allows for future in-depth analysis of intermediary efficiency in a focus group (intervened SPOs) and a control group (non-intervened SPOs).Practical implicationsThe study also provides insights for Mexican SPOs on how a social entrepreneurship identity helps to capture the value creation of social innovations within an innovation ecosystem. Indeed, it is strongly aligned with the United Nations' Social Development Goals.Originality/valueThe study enhances the discussion about how intermediaries could encourage social entrepreneurial identity, as well as how intermediary intervention could facilitate the design and implementation of BMIs in the innovation ecosystem.

scholarly journals A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE MODEL OF A NEW ECONOMY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2016 ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Stupnytskyy ◽  
Vlad Genin
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
The State ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations

The necessity of using innovative social technologies, and explores the concept of social entrepreneurship, which is parsed as a form of social innovations. It analyzes the concept of «social entrepreneurship» as a relatively new specific type of enterprise, and its differences from commercial entrepreneurship. It proves, that today in terms of the new model of economic development the social entrepreneurship allows, first of all, to carry out efficient change of social relations and management systems, for the sake of the growth of sociopolitical accessibility of marginalized groups to resources for provision of more qualitative satisfaction of the needs and participation in political processes; and, secondly, to save communicative integrity of social system due to the increase of social capital and possibility of choice for a social individual. It gives a characteristic of both “European” and “American” models of social entrepreneurship, as well as its peculiarities and differences. The provides the examples, how the most successful social entrepreneurs from the West contributed with the distribution of innovations, whose usefulness was rated so highly, that they were implemented on a national scale with the support of the state and business. Also, it analyzes current level of development of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine, the existing problems of creating favorable organizational, legal, economic and competitive conditions, organization and operation of different forms of social entrepreneurship, interaction between the state and public organizations, and maintenance of the development of social entrepreneurship in regions.

New Players on Crowded Playing Fields: The Institutional Embeddedness of Social Innovation in Germany

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Ruddat ◽  
Anna-Lena Schönauer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Playing Fields

This article1 analyses whether and how social innovations can be implemented in a Conservative/Bismarckian welfare regime and society such as Germany. It examines the transferability and the relevance of this discourse and practice, and argues that, due to existing institutional structures and cultures, innovation by public sector intrapreneurship is more significant in Germany than through social entrepreneurship. The article challenges the assumption that social innovation emerges from entrepreneurship, and questions the level of attention and importance attached to this development

scholarly journals The Uniform Entrepreneur: Making Gender Visible in Social Enterprise

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-458
Author(s):  
Olga Kravets ◽  
Chloe Preece ◽  
Pauline Maclaran
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology

This paper extends the macromarketing debates on gender by considering how gender ideology acts as a macro-level constraint to developing sustainable initiatives. While the macromarketing literature has long considered the significance of social enterprise and nonprofits, gender has not been theorized within these studies. In redressing this gap we examine the case of the Uniform Project, spearheaded by disaffected advertising executive and enthusiastic social entrepreneur, Sheena Matheiken. Our critical interrogation of the project shows that Matheiken’s path to becoming entrepreneurial “woman of the year” reinforces a gendered model of social entrepreneurship. We also expose the role of media and the forums designed to encourage social innovations in gendering, thus stifling, a social enterprise. We reaffirm the importance of theorizing gender ideology in macromarketing and submit that any such theorization must recognize and account for the ways that gender intersects with neoliberal ideology to permeate markets, marketing and social enterprise.

scholarly journals Integrating Social Innovation into the Curriculum of Higher Education Institutions in Latin America: Insights from the Students4Change Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5378
Author(s):  
Alfonso Unceta ◽  
Igone Guerra ◽  
Xabier Barandiaran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Latin American Universities

In the last two decades, social innovation (SI) and social entrepreneurship (SE) have gained relevance and interest within the framework of academia at international level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are key players in promoting innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives that respond to multifaceted challenges. They support strategies on the basis of the strengthening of participation, collaboration, and cooperation with society and its local communities. However, the approach of Latin American universities to SI and SE has been very uneven in the way they have understood them, integrated them into academic programmes, and transferred knowledge to society. On the basis of the experience of the Students4Change project, we sought to understand the role of Latin American HEIs in promoting social innovations by analysing the experiences of 10 participating universities to formalise a pedagogical programme on SI and SE in their institutions. The results suggest that there is still a need to formalise an academic syllabus that is specifically designed to promote social innovations and to train universities in this endeavour. This paper contributes to the identification of the main levers of change, strengths, and challenges that Latin American universities face to institutionalise SI and SE in their contexts.

scholarly journals Enterprise legitimisation and the triad of strategic actions in the scope of CSR: entrepreneurship-innovativeness-quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Andrzej Chodyński
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Information And Communication

The triad of strategic actions for responsibility of the organisation has been discussed, which includes responsible entrepreneurship, responsible innovativeness and responsible quality. The purpose of the actions within the triad is to build legitimisation of the organisation, with special emphasis on the role of stakeholders in developing competitive edge of the enterprise. Importance of communication with stakeholders has been indicated. Attention has been paid to the role of social entrepreneurship and social innovations. The stages of creating innovations of this type has been discussed. Importance of the role of innovativeness in execution of CSR has been emphasised. The aspects of responsible technologies have been discussed within this context. Attention has been paid to the special importance of the CSR 2.0. concept with the use of the latest information and communication technologies. Significance of ethical quality has been discussed. Similarities in the approach to managing quality and social responsibility have been indicated. Use of specific tools for the particular stages of the triad has been proposed, taking into consideration, among others, achievements concerning partnership, technologies and a new approach to management accounting.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document