Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
pp. 92-114
Author(s):  
Muhsin F. Bayik
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Customer Development

This chapter introduces social innovation, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, corporate social entrepreneurship, and new product development and argues that social entrepreneurs can utilize from the customer development process when working on a novel solution to create social and economic value. Social entrepreneurs can team up with companies for creating sustainable solutions for the society. Companies can integrate corporate social entrepreneurship into their strategies. City administrations can support social enterprises. The conclusion briefly describes possible weaknesses, limitations, and challenges for social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
pp. 199-218
Author(s):  
Ruslan Sadyrtdinov
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Behavior ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Corporate Social

Implementing social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility (CSR) concepts in Russia is discussed in this chapter. CSR and social enterprises have been developing dynamically in Russia since the mid-2000s, and the author believes that they can be used to foster further social and economic transition. The issues related to the Russian success stories of social enterprises and socially responsible corporate behavior are outlined. An emphasis is made on identifying government and private institutions and instruments supporting the social activity of profit and nonprofit organizations. Techniques for evaluating CSR in Russia are described. Due to incomplete data in nonfinancial reports it is difficult to derive a cost-benefit analysis for CSR projects. Instead, indicators for nonfinancial reports are selected and indices are constructed by measuring the quality and frequency of their disclosure. The chapter concludes by outlining the main challenges and potential drivers to promote further development.

Social entrepreneurial sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Faiz Kamaludin ◽  
Jesrina Ann Xavier ◽  
Muslim Amin
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Strategies ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the needed entrepreneurial actions required to attain sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social entrepreneurial sustainability is defined as the process of developing sustainable solutions for social, economic or environmental problems that are not being addressed by the market. This paper intends to get a clearer picture of how social entrepreneurial sustainability is affected by the exogenous shocks caused by the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative exploratory approach using a case study design was used. Semi-structured interviews with five CEOs and founders of accredited social enterprises in Malaysia that have proven sustainable were conducted. Triangulation was applied in this study through three different data sources to confirm and validate the emerging findings. Findings The findings reveal various innovative revenue-generating activities and business processes taken by social entrepreneurs to be sustainable during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as pivoting and forging new partnerships. Themes such as technical innovation and social innovation are critical concepts that need to be differentiated and understood. The introduction of a new construct termed “mission agility” will be of significant interest to academicians studying social entrepreneurship and sustainability. Practical implications The practical implications of this study suggest that if social enterprises implement the recommended strategies, they may achieve both short-term and long-term social entrepreneurial sustainability during the pandemic crisis and progressively into the post-pandemic era. Originality/value This study is unique by using two methods of data collection. By providing vital empirical evidence through primary and secondary data, the paper will offer robust findings and proposes recommendations on entrepreneurial strategies to foster the recovery and sustainability of social enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 Social Entrepreneurship in India: An Exploratory Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 07-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemantkumar P. Bulsara ◽  
Shailesh Gandhi ◽  
Jyoti Chandwani
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

Social Entrepreneurship is an all-encompassing nomenclature, used for depicting the process of, bringing about social change on a major and impactful scale compared to a traditional Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It is an increasingly important concept in the study of voluntary, non-profit and not-for -profit organizations. Earlier, organizations addressing key social issues were assumed to be idealistic, philanthropic with entrepreneurial skills. Social Entrepreneurship in India is emerging primarily because the government is very keen on its promotion, not necessarily by funding it or by advising on it but by enabling it. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the private sector with clearly earmarked funds and full-fledged action teams have played an important role in sprucing up the image of Social Entrepreneurship. The focus of the paper is to study the growing trends of Social Entrepreneurship in India and the new initiatives taken by various Social Entrepreneurs. It also gives a brief idea of different Theories of Social Entrepreneurship. Efforts are made to provide information and an exploratory study, related to the support activities of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurial ventures in India. This may be beneficial in future empirical studies of the subject. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, India.

scholarly journals Exploring enabling resources for place-based social entrepreneurship: a participatory study of Green Care practices in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Moriggi
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Research Activities

Abstract Enabling resources are the array of tangible and intangible assets that social entrepreneurs mobilize or create to bring forward novel place-based initiatives, to respond to unmet sustainability challenges and ideally contribute to virtuous processes of socio-economic transformation. Understanding the role of resources in constraining or enabling the development of social enterprises holds important implications not merely for the initiatives, but also for the places where they are embedded. Existing studies fail to provide a comprehensive, empirically grounded account of resources for place-based social entrepreneurship. This paper aims to fill this gap, by exploring the array of resources that enable and constrain the development of Green Care practice, i.e., nature-based activities with a social innovation purpose. Three communities of Finnish practitioners—a nature-tourism company, a care farm, and a biodynamic farm—were involved over the span of 3 years in research activities conducted with an in-depth qualitative approach. Participants were engaged in several stages of iterative learning combining conventional and action-research methods: semi-structured interviews, participatory mapping, and a co-creation workshop. Results show that entrepreneurs resort to a great variety of enabling resources, inclusive of both tangible and intangible assets, that are only marginally considered by relevant literature. Based on these findings, the paper proposes a novel set of enabling resources, comprehensive of nine clusters: infrastructural, institutional, material, place-specific, organizational culture-related, social, ethical, affective, and competence-related. Two concluding insights can be inferred: understanding resources is paramount to grasp possibilities and challenges of place-based entrepreneurship; in-depth participatory processes are needed for a thorough and grounded investigation of enabling resources in places.

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.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility as Core Competence for the Business Model of Social Start-Ups in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Herman T. Wevers ◽  
Cosmina L. Voinea
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Core Competence ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Start Ups

Little is known about how social enterprises and social start-ups compete with the bigger players on the market. It could be reasoned that social start-ups gain an advantage by the deployment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) elements from the early beginning as a part of their core competences. The aim of this paper is to investigate if CSR elements can be a core competence and how they can contribute to the robustness of the business models of social start-ups. Data was gathered by conducting a case study and interviewing four social entrepreneurs in the first half of 2017. The data was analyzed with the help of a framework built upon the CSR pyramid, the business case for CSR and the Canvas business model. The main findings show that the CSR elements economic, ethical and discretionary responsibilities can be a core competence for social start-ups. Moreover, CSR elements can play an important role in the design of social business models. Especially the deployment of interrelationships between the CSR elements seems to be effective in designing a robust  business model of a social start-up.

Die Unterstützungslandschaft für Social Entrepreneurship im DACH-Raum – ein Überblick

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 219-257
Author(s):  
Jörn Block ◽  
Mirko Hirschmann ◽  
Lilli Leirich ◽  
Alexandra Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Social Ventures ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Corporate Social

Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit der Unterstützungslandschaft für Social Entrepreneurship (SE) im DACH-Raum und liefert Antworten auf die Fragen, welche Organisationen SE im DACH-Raum fördern, wie und warum diese Organisationen SE fördern und welche Typen von Sozialunternehmen gefördert werden. Zur Beantwortung dieser Forschungsfragen wurden in einer quantitativ empirischen Datenerhebung Entscheidungsträger aus Organisationen im DACH-Raum befragt, die SE finanziell und nicht-finanziell unterstützen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen sowohl ein starkes Wachstum des SE-Unterstützungsbereichs über die letzten Jahre als auch eine zunehmende Heterogenität der verschiedenen Organisationsarten, Unterstützungsinstrumente und geförderten Sozialunternehmen. Im Gegensatz zu Forschungsergebnissen im verwandten Forschungsfeld der Corporate Social Responsibility, zeigen wir, dass die Unterstützungsmotive „Employer Branding“ und „Reputation“ für Unterstützende von Sozialunternehmen eine nachrangige Rolle spielen. Vielmehr scheinen das Bestreben nach Veränderung und die Förderung der Ausbreitung von SE im DACH-Raum bei Unterstützenden im Vordergrund zu stehen. Wir identifizieren eine Unterstützungslücke insbesondere in der Wachstumsphase von Sozialunternehmen, die mithilfe von politischer und privatwirtschaftlicher Unterstützung geschlossen werden könnte. Abstract This paper deals with the support landscape for Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the DACH-region. It provides answers to the questions about which organizations support SE in the DACH-region, how and why they support SE and what characterizes the social ventures supported. We use a quantitative empirical approach to answer these research questions by surveying decision-makers from organizations in the DACH-region who support SE financially and non-financially. The results show a strong growth of the SE support landscape over the last years but also an increased heterogeneity of the different types of organizations, support instruments and supported social ventures. In contrast to results identified in the related research area of Corporate Social Responsibility, we show that the motives ‘employer branding’ and ‘reputation’ play a minor role for supporters of social enterprises. Instead, the pursuit of change and the support to promote the spread of SE in the DACH area seem to be in the focus of supporters. We identify a support gap, especially in the growth phase of social enterprises, which could be closed with support of the political and private sector.

scholarly journals Experiences of Social Entrepreneurship Pioneers in Lithuania

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 8-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ieva Adomaitytė-Subačienė ◽  
Agnė Girkontaitė ◽  
Donata Petružytė ◽  
Eglė Šumskienė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Corporate Social

The phenomenon of social entrepreneurship is sufficiently well-researched abroad since the end of the 20th century. Nevertheless, it is quite a new and under-researched subject in Lithuanian academic discourse. The goal of this article is to explore the experiences of pioneers of social entrepreneurship in Lithuania, the way they create and develop the model of social entrepreneurship. The first half of the article discusses various concepts of social entrepreneurship, its historical development, connections with corporate social responsibility and its purpose in contemporary societies. The second part describes the authentic experiences of being the icebreakers of social business practices in bureaucratic system. Results are based on semi-structured qualitative interviews, conducted in autumn 2018 - spring 2019, with 14 social entrepreneurs in Lithuania. The analysis was done following the approach of grounded theory. The research shows, that social entrepreneurs experience various challenges while cooperating with governmental institutions or municipalities while searching for suitable funding models and experiencing ignorance from society in general. Nevertheless, they still engage in these activities with the help and support of an emerging community of active like-minded social entrepreneurs, whose support is essential for the existence and development of social entrepreneurship in Lithuania.

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