Cross‐cultural implications of linguistic future time reference and institutional uncertainty on social entrepreneurship

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Seizing the moment—Strategy, social entrepreneurship, and the pursuit of impact

“…This study provides important insight into the link between environmental factors and social entrepreneurship as well as the need to consider context in general in entrepreneurship research (Welter, 2011). Hechavarría et al (2023) draw important attention to a more specific environmental factor by examining the informal institutional influence of language on social entrepreneurial activity. Specifically, the authors theorize and test the influence of language reflecting future time reference on the decision to start a new social venture.…”

“…Importantly, this is largely due to several issues noted throughout the special issue regarding the need to account for diverse stakeholder interests (Teasdale et al, 2023) and concepts of value across different contexts (Anokhin et al, 2023;Hechavarría et al, 2023) when assessing long-term social performance.…”

“…As indicated in the table, the special issue papers broadly addressed theoretical questions across three primary themes. One paper (Teasdale et al, 2023) focuses on the influences of diverse actors' characteristics; two papers (Anokhin et al, 2023; Hechavarría et al, 2023) explore how competing environmental factors shape social entrepreneurship; and two papers (Boulongne, 2023; Yan et al, 2023) examine specific outcomes of social entrepreneurship.…”

“…Hechavarría et al (2023) draw important attention to a more specific environmental factor by examining the informal institutional influence of language on social entrepreneurial activity. Specifically, the authors theorize and test the influence of language reflecting future time reference on the decision to start a new social venture.…”

“…As indicated in the table, the special issue papers broadly addressed theoretical questions across three primary themes. One paper(Teasdale et al, 2023) focuses on the influences of diverse actors' characteristics; two papers(Anokhin et al, 2023;Hechavarría et al, 2023) explore how competing environmental factors shape social entrepreneurship; and two papers(Boulongne, 2023;Yan et al, 2023) examine specific outcomes of social entrepreneurship.1.1.1 | Diverse actors and social entrepreneurship Teasdale et al (2023) delve into an important failing in the field of social entrepreneurship-social entrepreneurs often seek (and claim) to make radical change, but true systemic change is rarely realized. This is consistent with…”