A typology of social entrepreneuring models in South Africa

Claeyé, Frederik

doi:10.1108/sej-09-2017-0041

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“…In Africa, it has been also observed, in more recent articles, a large influence and impact of informal markets. Even though the importance of the social economy is recognized, it seems that, vis a vis the region's challenges and needs, they are still a long way from an ideal situation and in need for further studies on social entrepreneurship (Minard, 2009;Diochon and Gore, 2016;Claeyé, 2017).…”

Section: Location Of Researched Countriesmentioning

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The evolution of social entrepreneurship research: a bibliometric analysis

Dionisio

2019

SEJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of research on social entrepreneurship through a bibliometric study and the use of Gartner’s (1985) framework to determine the evolution of this academic field. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on all conceptual and research papers published in the Social Enterprise Journal, the first publication to exclusively explore the social entrepreneurship field, from 2005 to 2017 and is conducted with the use of the open-source software package R. The work proposes an overview of the field and a deeper investigation through a bibliometric analysis and the use of Gartner’s framework to categorize the field in four dimensions: individual, organization, process and environment. Findings This work studied the development of social entrepreneurship as an emergent field, identifying key authors, institutions and their geographic origins, research and data collection methods and the key topics analyzed in each category, according to Gartner’s framework. Practical implications This work offers an overview of the status of research in the field and the main topics studied in this emerging field, with the potential to orient researchers to find new topics and possible gaps that needs further investigating. Originality/value This paper provides valuable contributions through a bibliometric analysis that is not very explored in the literature. It presents a general structure of the field and details of the main topics studied in this discipline.

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Section: Location Of Researched Countriesmentioning

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The evolution of social entrepreneurship research: a bibliometric analysis

Dionisio

2019

SEJ

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“…More precisely, with a view to embracing the diversity of SE models, we had drawn a triangle combining the three main “principles of interest” (namely the mutual, general and capital interests) and the major “resource mixes” to identify institutional trajectories generating four major SE models. Hereafter, we will briefly recall the logic behind these four major SE models and illustrate them with examples coming from the different countries covered in this special issue: Australia (Barraket et al , 2017), Israel (Abbou et al , 2017), New Zealand (Grant, 2017), Rwanda (Rwamigabo, 2017), South Africa (Claeyé, 2017), South Korea (Hwang et al , 2017) and the United Arab Emirates (Johnsen, 2017).…”

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Mapping social enterprise models: some evidence from the “ICSEM” project

Defourny

Nyssens

2017

SEJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that it is feasible to theoretically and empirically build an international typology of social enterprise (SE) models. The authors first rely on their previous work (Defourny and Nyssens, 2017), suggesting that the concept of “interest principles” can serve as a cornerstone in such perspective. This concept, when combined with that of SEs’ “resource mixes”, allows to design an analytical tool that shows from which “matrices” and through which “trajectories” several distinct SE models can emerge, namely, the “non-profit entrepreneurial model”, the “social cooperative model”, the “social business model” and the “public sector model”. Design/methodology/approachThis paper combines deductive and inductive approaches. In a deductive perspective, the authors build upon the analytical framework proposed by Gui (1991) to identify capital interest, mutual interest and general interest as key driving forces and fundamental motives in the overall economy. To confront their theoretical construction and their tentative typology of SE models with field realities, the authors also adopt an inductive approach, relying on bottom-up research strategies developed in the seven “ICSEM country contributions” forming this special issue. FindingsAt first view, mapping exercises of SE categories in the seven countries seem to highlight a high degree of heterogeneity. However, a closer analysis of these apparently diverging contributions clearly suggests that the four major SE models derived from the authors’ theoretical framework find significant empirical support in most—if not all—countries. Originality/valueAlthough major statistical work to test the authors’ typology of SE models remains to be carried out, mainly through the exploitation of the international ICSEM database (which covers over 700 SEs from more than 40 countries), this paper represents a first—although limited—attempt to collect empirical evidence for testing this typology.

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“…Social entrepreneurship, a branch of the entrepreneurship field, adopts the concept of SE and its various terminologies (Claeyé, 2017; Dionísio, 2018). The term SE is used in different ways by researchers, policymakers, leaders in the public and private sector and by those interested in the subject in general.…”

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Measuring impacts of social enterprises: perspectives from Brazilians entrepreneurs and investors

Siqueira

Bin

Stefanuto

2021

SEJ

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to characterize output and impact evaluation initiatives from the perspective of entrepreneurs and investors of social enterprises (SE) by highlighting their relevance, implementation processes and consequences. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a qualitative approach through a multiple case study. This study also analyzed ten SE in five areas and three investors, using semi-structured interviews, codification and content analysis. Findings Evaluation is still at an initial stage in these businesses, and there is a gap between what the field-specific literature proposes and what firms do. Although entrepreneurs feel that evaluation is essential to demonstrate their value and confirm their purpose and impact, it is not a priority. Research limitations/implications Due to the small number of Brazilian enterprises and investors, it is impossible to generalize the results. Practical implications The results are relevant to rethink strategies, processes and methodological tools that seek to portray, more realistically and reliably, the evaluation dimensions in SE. Social implications This study highlights the risk regarding the legitimacy of social impact ventures since, without the due causal inferences, it is not easy to prove the impact they claim to achieve. This situation conducts to the weakening of the ecosystem leading to the emptying of the term impact. Originality/value The main research contributions address the methodologies, practices and evaluation routines of some Brazilian SE and their investors, presenting the characteristics, perceptions and limitations of the studied ventures.

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A typology of social entrepreneuring models in South Africa

Cited by 21 publications

References 14 publications

The evolution of social entrepreneurship research: a bibliometric analysis

The evolution of social entrepreneurship research: a bibliometric analysis

Mapping social enterprise models: some evidence from the “ICSEM” project

Measuring impacts of social enterprises: perspectives from Brazilians entrepreneurs and investors

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