scholarly journals Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise phenomenon: toward a collective approach to social innovation in Tunisia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bechir Fridhi
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action ◽  
Collective Construction ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Real Challenge ◽  
Collective Dimension

AbstractThis article aims to understand the extent to which social entrepreneurship (SE) contributes to the construction of a collective dimension linked to social innovation (SI). We aim to propose new ideas that can deliver insights into the SE phenomenon. This research is also distinct from entrepreneurial ecosystems as its development already requires some successful entrepreneurial action and to do it, the structuring and consolidation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem constitutes a real challenge for the development of SI.This work has been based on a participant observation of eight major events dedicated to social entrepreneurship or the shared economy. In-depth interviews with Tunisian social entrepreneurs were also conducted in order to enrich our corpus. The results show the necessary cooperation of social entrepreneurs for a sustainable and responsible social innovation. Indeed, the analysis emphasizes that the viability and sustainability of a social innovation rests essentially on a collective construction, beyond common social values.

Entrepreneurial ecosystem and social entrepreneurship: case studies of community-based craft from Kutch, India

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santana Pathak ◽  
Sujata Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
National Level ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to explore social entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) in the craft sector in the state of Gujarat, India. With liberalization, India witnessed the growth of social entrepreneurship and is considered one of the pioneering countries in social innovation. The objective of the research was to answer the research question: what role do various stakeholder groups play in creating and promoting craft sector social EEs. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a qualitative case study approach of methodological triangulation combining analysing documents, a participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Two case studies – one of the Ajrakh craft cluster from Ajrakhpur and the other of Kala Cotton from Aadeshar, Bhuj are studied to explore the symbiotic linkages of social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Kutch district of Gujarat, India. A total of 24 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with stakeholders of the EE. Findings The study concludes that the role of like-minded individuals/social entrepreneurs, social enterprises, design networks and educational institutions is vital towards revival and sustainability of craft as economic commodities geared for scalability. Furthermore, the engagement of the systemic condition agents such as various local and national level institutions, the communities play an important role to revitalize, redeem and commercialize craft infrastructure based on active engagement, innovation and services. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to study how traditional craft-based enterprises can be enabled, revived, grown and sustained.

Chilean tourism sector “B Corporations”: evidence of social entrepreneurship and innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 866-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ieva Zebryte ◽  
Hector Jorquera
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the question of how social entrepreneurs achieve the desired impact-based model of business. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research design included semi-structured in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs of three Chilean Tourism B Corporations (B Corps), participant observation of the Latin American B Movement, and print, digital and social media clippings. Findings This research unearths the practices by which entrepreneurs implement their aspirations of balancing profit and social impact obligations within their business models. Research limitations/implications Though an intentional sample is not representative in quantitative terms, the employed research design allowed the authors to deepen the understanding of the processes which are taking place in Chile, Latin America, and on the Global scale. The authors concluded that social benefit commitment guides innovation in business models of Chilean entrepreneurs seeking to have a broader positive impact on vulnerable communities and the society at large. Practical implications This research shows that traditional businesses have the possibility of hybridizing management, combining the necessary organization that defines its mission with social or environmental purposes. The latter is likely to open up new markets for traditional businesses. Social implications Social entrepreneurship is the principal means for new generations of entrepreneurs to make changes in businesses and in vulnerable local communities through global aspirations. But the need for more open political discussion within the B Movement is clear, especially regarding the nexus between the “negative externalities” of the traditional economy and social or environmental problems which the B Corps intend to solve. Such debate would allow companies and the movement to more easily identify new courses of action. Originality/value This study gives account of regional nuances of social entrepreneurship and social innovation phenomena. In particular, there has been a surge of impact-oriented rather than profit-oriented innovation initiatives in neoliberal-oriented Latin American states, such as Chile. These initiatives offer us a wealth of empirical information about the development of alternative business models.

scholarly journals Crisis and post-crisis urban gardening initiatives from a Southern European perspective: The case of Barcelona

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Calvet-Mir ◽  
Hug March
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
The City

Throughout the 20th century, urban gardening in central and northern Europe as well as in North America has received a great deal of academic attention. However, the recent proliferation of urban gardening in other geographies, such as southern Europe in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2007–2008, remains underexplored. The economic crisis put on hold urban developments in many southern European cities, leaving idle plots of land waiting to be urbanized. The crisis also triggered radical political demands, such as those of the Indignados, as well as fuelling narratives revolving around social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Barcelona emerges as a laboratory of urban gardening initiatives in vacant lots mobilizing either radical urban demands or embedding new post-crisis rhetoric around social entrepreneurship. Through a combination of qualitative methods, including participant observation, a literature review, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and field diaries, we present a characterization and evolution of the three most prominent urban gardening initiatives in the city of Barcelona (including 54 gardens at the end of 2016): the Network of Municipal Gardens (municipally led gardens for retired people); the Network of Communitarian Gardens (social movements); and the Empty Plots Plan (social entrepreneurial urban gardening). Subsequently, we discuss the different meanings of gardening in crisis/post-crisis Barcelona as well as the urban politics that each initiative articulates. Our results show that urban gardens within the city are an expression of different and non-exclusive meanings that explicitly or implicitly, in a context of crisis and post-crisis, mobilize notions of political gardening.

Social Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

2018 ◽  
pp. 181-210
Author(s):  
Susana Bernardino ◽  
J. Freitas Santos ◽  
J. Cadima Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Social Ventures ◽  
Institutional Stakeholders

Entrepreneurial ecosystems and social entrepreneurship are receiving increasing attention for their ability to foster economic and social development. This study adopts the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach to analyse the extent to which the perceived favourability of external environment promotes or deters the launch of new ventures by social entrepreneurs. The research was based on a survey that collected data through a questionnaire emailed to Portuguese social entrepreneurship ventures. The results show that a favourable entrepreneurial ecosystem has low importance in the decision to develop new social ventures. This result is particularly consistent in more innovative social ventures. This conclusion supports the idea that many social ventures are not based on social innovation, but derive from a traditional approach to social problems. Therefore, the development of new innovative social ventures has to be supported by institutional stakeholders in order to support social entrepreneurs, regardless of the level of favourability of the entrepreneurial context.

scholarly journals Remote working challenges for Georgian social enterprises in the context of the current pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Iza Gigauri ◽  
Kakhaber Djakeli
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The lockdown regulations aiming at avoiding the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 have caused disruptions in organizations of all types or sizes. In order to survive and remain competitive, enterprises have moved online. In line with the dramatic changes around the globe triggered by the regulations as a part of preventive measures, social enterprises switched to working from home. As a result, entrepreneurs have to learn new digital skills to capture the potential of digitalization as it is considered to have an ability to accelerate economic recovery after the pandemic. Yet digitalization influences organizational processes and operations and requires changes in strategies. In light of these transformations, researching social enterprises from different angles is of particular importance when economies are facing the threat of recession, as social entrepreneurship addresses market failure and can tackle social problems. Social entrepreneurs can find innovative solutions to modern challenges and help society and economies to transform. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of remote working and digitalization in social enterprises. The paper outlines remote working concerns in social enterprises in the Republic of Georgia and analyses flextime opportunities for enterprise employees. The empirical study is based on a qualitative research approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with the seventeen Georgian social entrepreneurs to explore the research questions. The paper contributes to understanding remote working in social enterprises and offers suggestions for future study directions in this under-researched area.

scholarly journals Ethical Responsibility to Distant Others through the Coffee Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
William Durbin
Keyword(s):  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Ethical Consumption ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>How we live our lives here in New Zealand affects others who are distant from us. We live in a world with many networks across space, which connect people with radically different lifestyles. These connections create an avenue to respond to the poverty of these ‘distant others’. One such network of connections is the coffee industry. Ethical consumption and social entrepreneurship within the coffee industry are a means to address development issues, and ultimately poverty. This research will look into coffee social enterprises, and how they can be included in a post-development theoretical framework. In particular, it will discuss the motivations of social entrepreneurs involved in the coffee companies interviewed.  Post-development provides a theoretical framework for this research of coffee social enterprises. It provides a critique to mainstream development, and has questioned how development is done, as well as its very validity. In doing so, it has encouraged new ways of ‘doing development’. One example of this is Sally Matthews’ three responses the wealthy can have to poverty: first, re-thinking of the development discourse in light of post-development; secondly, supporting popular initiatives; and thirdly, solidarity with distant others here at home.  This is an appreciative inquiry into different coffee companies, using qualitative ethnographic methods. Seven in-depth interviews have been conducted with managers, past owners or head roasters, as well as one with an expert on social enterprise.</p>

The role of business advisers in supporting social entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Dalborg ◽  
Yvonne von Friedrichs
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Business Models

Purpose In many regions, the potential of social entrepreneurship and social innovation are not fully used. The purpose of this study is to explore issues and challenges in the business advisory support offered to social entrepreneurs and, from this background, give suggestions on how the advisory process to social entrepreneurs could be modified to better gain society. Design/methodology/approach Representatives from 15 business advisory organisations in Sweden were interviewed to examine how their support to social enterprises meets the needs of the companies, and to discover possible problems encountered regarding the business advice available to social enterprises. Using thematic analysis, six different overarching themes were identified that characterise issues and challenges in the business advisory support offered to social enterprises. Findings The results show that many advisers lack experience in social entrepreneurship, yet they consider that social enterprises are not “genuine” entrepreneurs, and that they, therefore, refer them to advisers focussing on co-operative enterprises. Furthermore, the absence of sustainable business models, the lack of financial resources and the existence of municipal monopoly are identified by the advisers as challenges. Practical implications This paper reveals an Achilles’ heel in the business advisory support offered to social enterprises, namely, the lack of experience and knowledge of social entrepreneurship amongst current business advisers, as well as a prioritisation of advice to more “commercial” entrepreneurs because of policy instruments and the expectations from the public funders of increased profitability and growth in the companies that receive advice. The mainstream business advisory service could play a key role by bringing together the various stakeholders in this shared value process. This would, however, require increased knowledge and new government policies and directives that ensure that social entrepreneurs are prioritised in the business advisory situation. Originality/value This paper demonstrates that the current advisory system is not adapted to fit the needs of social enterprises. It also proposes the need to include participation and proximity in the business model design.

scholarly journals Harness the Global Impact of Big Data in Nurturing Social Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Nur Azreen Zulkefly ◽  
Norjihan Abdul Ghani ◽  
Suraya Hamid ◽  
Muneer Ahmad ◽  
Brij B. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Available Information

The global impact of social values, norms, and cultures set the growth and future dimensions of most businesses. In global business governess, the sustainability of social entrepreneurship is heavily dependent on peoples' opinions and their social interactions. Nowadays, social media platforms represent the big global repositories of publically available information that can be exploited by social entrepreneurs to measure and assess the social impact of their business. There is still inadequate research that focuses on assessing social entrepreneurship impact in the area of big data. This paper aims to investigate the potential of big data in global social entrepreneurship. It examines the possibility of global impact of big data in social entrepreneurship. As an outcome, this paper highlight the challenges of social entrepreneurship dealing with, how they tackle globally, big data in social innovation, and how big data analytics needs for social entrepreneurship towards achieving social goods and sustainable change.

scholarly journals NEW MOTIVES AND MODELS FOR CREATION SOCIAL BUSINESS IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-411
Author(s):  
Stasė Navasaitienė ◽  
Marharyta Vishniakova ◽  
Rasa Rukuižienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article presents the overview of the approaches and models, which are important in determination of social entrepreneurship driving forces. The research problem is arised for getting more wide view about activities and motivation issues of social entrepreneurs in the Republic of Belarus. The research aims to examine the individual features and motives of social entrepreneurs in profile of their personality related to appropriate business models for social entrepreneurship development. The broad and narrow approaches are used to get an answer about the perspectives of social entrepreneurship in this country. The objectives of research are arised as follow: 1) define approaches of social entrepreneurs‘ for individual profiling; 2) describe the motives of entrepreneurs to start activities for social business; 3) highlight the business models of social enterprises‘ establishment. The methods of research: monographic, descriptive and meta-analysis of scientific literature. As well as the analysis of the empirical data is produced by in-depth interviews with the heads of organizations and enterprises engaged in social entrepreneurship in the Republic of Belarus (in-depth interviews were conducted in the period from 15th August to 15th November 2015, and 10 experts were involved). The key findings of research: marked a „broad“ and „narrow“ approaches for higlighting the profile of social entrepreneurs; approved the consequences that social entrepreneurs are high motivated and biased towards achieving socially beneficial purposes rather than material well-being; identified the circumstances about the existance of individual and organizational models for establishment social enterprises.

The Individual and Behavioral Factors of Social Entrepreneurs

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mine Afacan Fındıklı ◽  
Uğur Yozgat
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Planning Capacity ◽  
Depth Interviews

This chapter introduces the concept of social entrepreneurs and claims that some individual and behavioral factors contribute to social entrepreneurship. In this point of view, the purpose of this study is to highlight the leading individual and behavioral factors of the social entrepreneur. While exploring the theoretical framework, the theoretical foundations of social entrepreneurship and leading personality and behavioral characteristics have been investigated. The research is based on in-depth interviews with four participants to get a better understanding of the individual and behavioral factors of social entrepreneurs. As a result, the in-depth interviews showed that the social entrepreneurial potential encompass entrepreneurial motivations and psychological, social, managerial competencies. These dimensions contain self-motivation, self-efficacy, risk-taking, purposeful and success-oriented, strategic planning capacity, innovation capacity, social capital capacity, leadership capacity, resilience, resistance to uncertainty, conflict management capacity, and political maneuver capacity.

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