Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2015 to 2016: Special Topic Report on Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

“…For example, Shaw and Carter (2007) suggest that in the case of social enterprises, personal and family financial resources are rarely used. More recently, Bosma et al (2016) show that a large fraction of nascent social entrepreneurs in Europe is funded by government programmes, donations, or grants. These observations suggest that sustainable entrepreneurs face a lower risk of losing their own money during or after establishing their business; hence, they have less fear of personal financial risk than regular entrepreneurs.…”

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“…Diversos autores coinciden en que el emprendimiento social se orienta a la búsqueda de soluciones a problemas sociales que afectan a la persona y al planeta (Bosma, Schøtt, Terjesen, y Kew, 2016; Guzmán y Trujillo, 2008; Neck, Brush y Allen, 2009), al deseo de hacer del mundo un lugar mejor (Katzenstein y Chrispin, 2011). El emprendimiento social tiene una misión social explícita que constituye su principal razón de ser (Timmons, 2009).…”

“…Esta afirmación se confirma a través del estudio desarrollado por Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Bosma et al, 2016) sobre esta modalidad de emprendimiento. El segmento de 18 a 34 años, presenta un mayor número de nuevos emprendedores sociales que de negocios en tres regiones del mundo, entre las que se encuentra Europa Occidental.…”

Opportunity identification competence : explaining individual and exploring team opportunity identification by employees

“…Consequently, entrepreneurship scholars have investigated not only the new venture process, but also entrepreneurial processes within the context of existing companies (e.g., Bosma et al, 2013). In such research, entrepreneurship is often referred to as corporate entrepreneurship (Sharma & Chrisman, 2007) or intrapreneurship (Rigtering & Weitzel, 2013).…”

“…The literature on independent entrepreneurship and organisational learning is helpful in understanding how entrepreneurs learn. Scholars investigated the role of a range of possible antecedents in OIC, such as social and work environment characteristics, and job characteristics (e.g., Bosma et al, 2013;DeTienne & Chandler, 2004;Gielnik, Frese, Graf, & Kampschulte, 2012;Wang, Ellinger, & Wu, 2013). For instance, Wang and colleagues (2013) found that social networks, self-efficacy, prior knowledge, and the self-perceived industrial environment all significantly and positively influenced individual OIC.…”