Conceptualizing social entrepreneurship in the context of emerging economies: an integrative review of past research from BRIICS

Sengupta, Subhanjan; Sahay, Arunaditya; Croce, Francesca

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“…In short, different models of SE are developing around the world, that can take on different legal forms that vary from country to country reflecting the institutional and political environment of the individual countrywide socioeconomic contexts (Galera & Borzaga, 2009;Kerlin, 2010;Littlewood & Holt, 2018). The country contextual dynamics and variables are crucial for understanding the trajectories of SE development in a country (Rivera-Santos et al, 2015;Sengupta et al, 2018).…”

Section: Concepts and Models Of Se: A Review Of The Academic Debatementioning

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An Entrepreneurial Identity for Social Enterprise across the Institutional Approaches: From Mission to Accountability toward Sustainable Societal Development

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2019

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Social enterprise (SE) can involve any legal form of private organization, from nonprofit organizations to company forms within the business sector. This article aims to outline the entrepreneurial identity of SE, arguing that it has unique features that are independent from the organizational forms it can take. By performing crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis, this study compares the Italian legal model of SE to that of five other European countries, where national laws propose a broader institutional approach to SE. It is argued that SE, at the level of the organization, has its own entrepreneurial identity which is defined by a joint combination of five distinctive and interconnected elements that respectively connote its mission, activity, governance, performance and accountability. By systematizing these elements, it is possible to highlight how the social identification of the organization SE is the result of the interrelationship between its entrepreneurial intentions, processes and outcomes. This social identification can help to explain the crucial role that SE plays in promoting development and change in society.

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Section: Concepts and Models Of Se: A Review Of The Academic Debatementioning

confidence: 99%

An Entrepreneurial Identity for Social Enterprise across the Institutional Approaches: From Mission to Accountability toward Sustainable Societal Development

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2019

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“…The agenda of these organizations is to accelerate human welfare through relevant products or services (Sengupta, Sahay, & Croce 2017), at the same time, being market oriented to produce them for the welfare objective (Nicholls & Opal 2004;Jay 2013). The beneficiary community includes every stakeholder from the families or communities served, to employees and business partners.…”

Section: Social Enterprises: Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The movement of social entrepreneurship enables the unbundling of the socio-political adversities posing contextual constraints in perpetrating positive social change. The repeated governmental failures in solving social problems, such as in the emerging economies (Sengupta et al 2017) and the nature of capitalism to be pro-profitmaximization led to the emergence of the social entrepreneurship movement. (Sen 2007;Trivedi & Stokols 2011).…”

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“…The social entrepreneurship phenomenon has been well researched on both sides of the Atlantic. But the social entrepreneurship concept in the Asian context and in the context of emerging economies, is in need of extensive empirical investigation to identify what is relevant and replicable from the social entrepreneurship structures and systems developed in the West (Doherty et al 2014;Sengupta & Sahay 2017a;Sengupta et al 2017). In the emerging economies, the social causeattractors (Dietz & Porter 2012) are very elementary and the critical issues are triggered by shared necessity (Defourny & Kim 2011); such as, livelihood generation, poverty eradication, rural entrepreneurship, improved education, to name a few.…”

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“…These are addressed through group collectivism, and implemented by connecting beneficiary indigenous communities within the format of micro-institutional structures such as selfhelp groups (Poon, Zhou, & Chan 2009;Chan, Kuan, & Wang 2011;Sloan, Legrand, & Simons-Kaufmann 2014;Kao & Huang 2015). The social entrepreneurship process generates both economic and social value in these emerging economies (Sengupta et al 2017).…”

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Adopting an inductive theory building approach through qualitative research methodology of data collection and analysis spread across six months, followed by inter-rater reliability testing using quantitative technique, this empirical study researches the meaning of the 'social enterprise' construct in the Indian context, and develops a conceptual framework that represents the construct. This sets an orientation needed for aspiring social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship researchers to ease out their understanding of the 'social entrepreneurship' phenomenon within the boundaries of an Indian context. The contested nature of the phenomenon in discourses across the globe is largely due to local/regional/ national variations in practice. 'Market Orientation', 'Social Value Creation', 'Social Entrepreneur', and 'Balanced Impact' emerged as key constructs comprising Indian social enterprises. The principle philosophical paradigms for this theory construction are Social Constructionism and Interpretivism, which give impetus to reflective and analytical thought trials for extracting the conceptual framework interwoven in textual data. The study sets course for further research to refine the vocabulary list, identify conceptual densities, create scales for statistical inquiries, and enable further inclusiveness of the conceptual framework.

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Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Between Global North and Global South: The Ashoka Case

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Social entrepreneurship and social innovation are key phenomena in interpreting the change towards a sustainable economy. This chapter aims at exploring geographical differences in the structure and characteristics of social initiatives. After having analyzed the role of social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Global South and in the Global North, we focus on the Ashoka network, the largest worldwide support organization for social innovators and social entrepreneurs. Triangulating data from the Ashoka network and publications from academia (Yale and Columbia Universities) and international institutions (such as the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum) we compare the two global areas in terms of alignment between the most urgent needs of the countries therein and the actions of the local Ashoka fellows.Results inform policy makers, social and business actors on the importance of sustaining social innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives that align with the most pressing needs of the country, especially in economies that belong to the so called Global South.

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Conceptualizing social entrepreneurship in the context of emerging economies: an integrative review of past research from BRIICS

Cited by 90 publications

References 91 publications

An Entrepreneurial Identity for Social Enterprise across the Institutional Approaches: From Mission to Accountability toward Sustainable Societal Development

An Entrepreneurial Identity for Social Enterprise across the Institutional Approaches: From Mission to Accountability toward Sustainable Societal Development

Social enterprises in the Indian context: conceptualizing through qualitative lens

Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Between Global North and Global South: The Ashoka Case

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