A Quantitative Comparison of Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship Organizations in Context

Bacq, Sophie; Hartog, Chantal; Hoogendoorn, Brigitte

doi:10.1080/19420676.2012.758653

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“…From the perspective of (future) research, our results have implications for our understanding of how different types of entrepreneurs proceed in the entrepreneurial process . Earlier research shows that social entrepreneurs are less likely to be active in the more mature stages of the entrepreneurial process (Bacq et al 2013). There is also evidence that perceived barriers may hinder entrepreneurs in becoming more involved in the entrepreneurial process (Van der Zwan et al 2013;Grilo and Thurik 2008;Orser et al 2000).…”

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

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Entrepreneurs who start a business to serve both self-interests and collective interests by addressing unmet social and environmental needs are usually referred to as sustainable entrepreneurs. Compared with regular entrepreneurs, we argue that sustainable entrepreneurs face specific challenges when establishing their businesses owing to the discrepancy between the creation and appropriation of private value and social value. We hypothesize that when starting a business, sustainable entrepreneurs (1) feel more hampered by perceived barriers, such as the institutional environment and (2) have a different risk attitude and perception than regular entrepreneurs. We use two waves of the Flash Eurobarometer survey on entrepreneurship (2009 and 2012), which contains information on start-up motivations, start-up barriers, and risk perceptions of approximately 3000 (prospective) business owners across 33 countries. We find that sustainable entrepreneurs indeed perceive more institutional barriers in terms of a lack of financial, administrative, and informational support at business start-up than regular entrepreneurs. Further, no significant differences between sustainable and regular entrepreneurs are found in terms of their risk attitudes or perceived financial risks. However, sustainable entrepreneurs are more likely to fear personal failure than regular entrepreneurs, which is explained by their varied and complex stakeholder relations. These insights may serve as an important signal for both governments and private capital providers in enhancing the institutional climate.

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“…Earlier research also operationalizes entrepreneurship in terms of these so-called nascent entrepreneurs and owner-managers of young businesses (Bacq et al 2013(Bacq et al , 2016Davidsson 2006;Johnson et al 2006;Van der Zwan et al 2012. We select exactly these individuals for our analysis for a second reason.…”

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

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“…Un autre aspect est lié au fait que les organisations hybrides d'entrepreneuriat social et d'entrepreneuriat durable sont généralement des PME (Bacq et al, 2013). Or, l'acquisition de ressources suffisantes est un aspect important pour les PME orientées vers le développement durable.…”

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In this article, we study hybrid organizations, namely those practicing social entrepreneurship and those practicing durable entrepreneurship. These organizations do not choose between the contradictory requirements fostered by the objectives that they pursue, be they double objectives (social and economic) or triple (social, economic and environmental). Rather, they choose to accept the tensions inherent in the pursuit of contradictory objectives. This study is based on a cluster analysis of 244 small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It identifies and distinguishes between three main types of organization, commercial SMEs, social entrepreneurship SMEs and sustainable SMEs. These types of SMEs, even though they resemble each other in their structural characteristics (size, age, revenue), differ in terms of the actualization of their entrepreneurial and market orientations. RÉSUMÉDans cet article, nous étudions les organisations hybrides, c'est-à-dire celles de l'entrepreneuriat social et de l'entrepreneuriat durable. Ces organisations, plutôt que de choisir entre les exigences contradictoires posées par les objectifs doubles (social et économique) ou triples (social, économique et environnemental) qu'elles s'efforcent d'atteindre, choisissent d'accepter les tensions créées par la poursuite d'objectifs contradictoires. L'étude permet, à partir d'une analyse de regroupement réalisée auprès de 244 PME, d'identifier et de distinguer trois principaux types d'organisation, soit les PME commerciales, les PME d'entreprenariat social et les PME d'entrepreneuriat durable. En outre, ces types de PME, dont les caractéristiques structurelles (taille, âge, revenus) ne sont pas différentes, diffèrent en ce qui concerne l'actualisation de l'orientation entrepreneuriale et de l'orientation envers le marché.

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“…The fact that certain articles deal with the relationship between companies and social entrepreneurship is hardly surprising given that companies and other financial backers are essential to successful social entrepreneurship (Austin et al, 2006;Bacq et al, 2013). These articles focus not only on how companies, in various ways, support social entrepreneurial organizations (Hayhurst, 2011;Ingstad et al, 2014), but also on the motives these backers have for their financial contributions (Hayhurst, 2011;Miragaia Marques et al, 2015).…”

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“…The economic ties between philanthropists and social entrepreneurs are nonetheless significant. For certain social entrepreneurs the ability to attract donations is crucial for the survival of the organization (Austin et al, 2006;Bacq, Hartog & Hoogendoorn, 2013), while for others donations represent one of many possibilities to finance their enterprise (Dees, 2007).…”

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Sport and Social Entrepreneurship: A Review of a Concept in Progress

Bjärsholm

2017

Journal of Sport Management

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Social entrepreneurship represents a new organizational form reflecting a time of societal change. The concept of social entrepreneurship has in recent years received an increased academic interest from the field of sport management. This review therefore aims to outline the scope and focus of, as well as theoretically position, the utilization of the concept of social entrepreneurship in the current body of peer-reviewed research within the field of sport and social entrepreneurship. Thirty-three English language peer-reviewed articles were selected and analyzed using Gartner's (1985) variables of entrepreneurship and three schools of thought within social entrepreneurship. The findings show that the scope of research into sport and social entrepreneurship is limited and that sport plays a minor role in the articles.The articles focus on the processes of social entrepreneurship, but the manner in which the concept of social entrepreneurship is utilized differs between articles and is seldom defined.These findings indicate that much can be done to better understand sport and social entrepreneurship. Emerging directions for future research are provided.

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A Quantitative Comparison of Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship Organizations in Context

Cited by 91 publications

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

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Sport and Social Entrepreneurship: A Review of a Concept in Progress

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