Innovativeness and sustainable innovations in social businesses in Lithuania: experiences of women social entrepreneurs

Novelskaitė, Aurelija; Pučėtaitė, Raminta; Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Rasa

doi:10.15388/im.2017.80.11673

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“…Tokio sprendimo -t. y. straipsnyje vartoti terminą "socialinis verslas" -pagrindas -siekis atskirti socialinį verslą nuo socialinių įmonių, kurios Lietuvoje yra viena iš įmonių teisinių veiklos formų ir nebūtinai siekia socialinės misijos bei poveikio(Rusteikienė, Pučėtaitė, 2015).…”

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Lithuanian Social Entrepreneurs’ Experiences of Evaluating the Impact of Their Social Businesses

Pušinaitė-Gelgotė¹,

Pučėtaitė²,

Novelskaitė³

2019

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This paper raises research questions on how social business representatives assess the impact of their social businesses and what methods they use to evaluate or measure it. The findings of data analysis of the interviews with 20 social entrepreneurs in Lithuania indicate that social entrepreneurs just begin to measure impact and do not always distinguish it from outcomes and outputs. This can also be influenced by impact measurement methods/tools, which are publicly available for social entrepreneurs or provided by funding organizations. Social entrepreneurs acknowledge that they must create and evaluate this impact, but research findings indicate that they distinguish more reasons not to do that. Impact evaluation is more explicitly revealed when discussing internal (consumers, employees) rather than external stakeholders. Some social entrepreneurs understand the need to evaluate their activities in monetary terms, but they do not do it, which is explained by the early development stage of social businesses in Lithuania. Moreover, social entrepreneurs do not have experience in measuring impact from a multidimensional perspective, i.e., including the social, environmental, cultural, and economic dimensions, and it seems that the necessity of doing this has not come to their awareness yet. The article is concluded with recommendations for strengthening social entrepreneurs’ capabilities in impact evaluation.

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Lithuanian Social Entrepreneurs’ Experiences of Evaluating the Impact of Their Social Businesses

Pušinaitė-Gelgotė¹,

Pučėtaitė²,

Novelskaitė³

2019

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The Impact of Social Business on the Development of Communities’ Social Capital

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Šumskienė

2020

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There have been a lot of interest in social economics development in Europe, and social business has stood out for its social impact, having a potential approach to such societal problems as social exclusion, poverty, unemployment. The creation of social capital and social entrepreneurship are related by positive social change and economic benefits, which are achieved through personal and community bonding, innovation, and social initiatives. Social business has stood out for its social impact, having a potential approach to such societal problems as social exclusion, poverty, unemployment. The aim of the present article is to reveal social entrepreneurship impact on building social capital in Lithuanian communities. For this reason, a qualitative study was conducted based on social business activities related to community change, as well as identifying the interrelations between social business and social capital. This article introduces the theoretical approach of concepts social capital and community, followed by discussion of social business benefits and impact on the growth of community’s social capital. The results of the analysis of the research data were analytically coded based on grounded theory methodology and reveals the potential and perspective of social business in creating social change in the community following by building new relationships, trust and values, and new norms for community development. The positive changes initiated by social business are relevant to the goals of social work and reveal the need of further research in this field.

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Innovativeness and sustainable innovations in social businesses in Lithuania: experiences of women social entrepreneurs

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Lithuanian Social Entrepreneurs’ Experiences of Evaluating the Impact of Their Social Businesses

Lithuanian Social Entrepreneurs’ Experiences of Evaluating the Impact of Their Social Businesses

The Impact of Social Business on the Development of Communities’ Social Capital

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