Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprise

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-212 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Web

‘Internet Review’ provides critical commentary on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation information on the Web. This issue's article looks at the increasing interest in the ‘rise of the social entrepreneur’ (Leadbeater, 1997, http://www.demos.co.uk/catalogue/socialentrepreneur_page70.aspx ) and the Web resources available for researchers and practitioners.

Creating Social Spaces for Artists

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Cornfield
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers the pathways to becoming an artistic social entrepreneur. Previous research on social entrepreneurs has emphasized the impact of one's stock of human, social, and cultural capital on one's mobilization of requisite resources for launching and sustaining a social enterprise. Less sociological attention has been given to the influence of career-biographical factors, such as family, religion, education, and pivotal career turning points that may inspire and compel one to become a social entrepreneur and to envision and shape one's social enterprise, let alone an artistic social enterprise. The profiles of four artistic social entrepreneurs in this chapter illustrate how their strategic and risk orientations and career pathways shape the social enterprises they envision and influence their assumption and enactment of their roles as artist activists.

Actively Engaging with Social Entrepreneurs: The Social Enterprise Audit

2021 ◽  
pp. 251512742110474
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Fernhaber
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Structured Approach

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise. For educators, it is no longer a question of if we should teach social entrepreneurship, but rather how we might best do so. The Social Enterprise Audit is introduced as an innovative way to combine in-class learning with active engagement in the social entrepreneurship community. Student teams are matched with local social enterprises. As foundational concepts of social entrepreneurship are taught in the classroom, student teams visit and meet with their social enterprise partner to apply the concepts. The final deliverable includes an analysis and critique of the social enterprise along with a set of recommendations. The structured approach is easy for the instructor to implement and aligns directly with course material. Students benefit by nurturing their identity as a social entrepreneur while developing a skillset that equips them to make a difference.

From nonprofit organization to social enterprise

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1287-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunlei Wang ◽  
Zhaowen Duan ◽  
Larry Yu
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

Purpose This study aims to examine the development of a social enterprise in China’s tourism industry by analyzing the coevolution of the social entrepreneur and the social system. Design/methodology/approach Purposeful sampling was used to select 1kg.org as a single-case study. Semistructured in-depth interviews of three informants were conducted to obtain organization-specific insights. Interview data were analyzed following structuration theory. Secondary data and interviews of other social entrepreneurs and experts were used to support the findings. Research findings were validated using triangulation and member-checking methods. Findings Because of the institutional environment, most nonprofit organizations in China do not have resource independence and clear legal identity. Meanwhile, social enterprise has emerged as a new organizational form with the objective of creating social value through profitable business operations. Practical implications Social enterprise is still in its infancy in China, particularly in the tourism field. This study reveals an innovative and sustainable model for nonprofit organizations in China facing institutional challenges and competitive funding environments. It provides recommendations to policymakers for improving mechanisms to increase social services through social enterprises. Originality/value This study proposes a new conceptual framework for studying social entrepreneurship by adapting structuration theory to address contemporary social and business issues.

Scaling Social Enterprise through Franchising

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Conway
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Web

‘Internet Review’ provides critical commentary on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation information on the Web.

The Social Entrepreneur

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beliz Ülgen
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
In The Beginning

Although social entrepreneurs have some common characteristics with business or commercial entrepreneurs, undoubtedly they differ in many ways. In this chapter, social entrepreneurs are highlighted with their core personality traits and motivation factors that are different from the other entrepreneurs. In the beginning, the definitions of social entrepreneurs put forward by different authorities were presented. Immediately after these definitions, the three main typologies—social bricoleurs, social constructionists, social engineers—and their characteristics were examined. By its nature and purpose, a social enterprise needs some specific entrepreneurial traits and driving factors. In the last section of this chapter, these personality traits and motivation factors were discussed.

The Margins of Entrepreneurship: Mountaineering, Crime, Social Entrepreneurs and Gay Business Entrepreneurs

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-312
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Web

‘Internet Review’ provides critical commentary on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation information on the Web.

Ethics and Social Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
pp. 283-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renuka Garg ◽  
Subhash Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Ethical Intentions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Resource Contribution

The authors highlight that it was the personal spiritual experience of the founders which slowly evolved into an ethical-spiritual social organization. The researchers suggest that ethical social entrepreneurship is the result of an intense yearning on the part of the social entrepreneur to serve and advance the wellbeing of people and the environment around them. These personal values of the social entrepreneurs impel a process of help and resource contribution from like-minded people and institutions which result in the formation of a social organization based on ethical intentions. The study proposes a new subdomain of social entrepreneurship which focuses on the subjective, individual, personal values of the social entrepreneur which result in the formation of the social enterprise. The present study is an attempt to highlight the role of own values in the creation and evolution of a social enterprise. It is an attempt to explore the relationship between ethics and social entrepreneurship with the help of three case studies of social enterprises in South Gujarat, India.

scholarly journals Social Enterprise Innovation in Context: Stakeholder Influence through Contestation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Newth
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Stakeholder Influence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Central Actor ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology

AbstractSocial enterprises are the products of the social, cultural, commercial, and political expectations of the innovation’s range of stakeholders, not solely the vision of the social entrepreneur(s). The power of stakeholders to influence the development of an innovation is drawn from their salience and the resources, access, and/or legitimacy that their support would provide. In this way, the actions of social entrepreneurs represent the interests of communities and it is through processes of resistance, negotiation, and collaboration that the actions of social enterprises become the manifestations of collective social processes. This paper draws on the development of a nascent social enterprise in New Zealand to demonstrate how the effects of its context ultimately shaped its innovative business model. Using an ethnographic methodology, the development of the business model and the partnership through which it formed was examined by the author as a central actor as it unfolded. The case study serves as an illustrative example of the ways in which differing expectations, beliefs, and logics of stakeholders induces particular decisions to be made about the design, resourcing, and strategy of the venture.

Franchising for Success?

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-68
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Web ◽  
Starting A Business

‘Internet Review’ provides critical commentary on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation information on the Web. This review explores the apparent phenomenal growth of the franchise business model, which can be a very attractive alternative to starting a business independently.

Supporting Innovation Development

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-202
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Web

‘Internet Review’ provides critical commentary on entrepreneurship, small business and innovation information on the Web.

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