Monetising the social value of inclusive entrepreneurship: the case of the Abono Café social economy enterprise

Abstract

The fact that so many people with disabilities are unemployed is a cause for concern among those responsible for employment and creating social policies, and also for families and stakeholders themselves. Self-employment, which is understood as the creation of businesses, could be a means to mitigate this problem. The market evaluation of this type of company should consider not only its economic, but also its social results in terms of both cost savings for various public administrations and the generation of social value. This includes taking advantage of the talent of an important part of the population or increasing the wellbeing of people with disabilities, thus making decent employment possible as regards all that is sought by Sustainable Development Objective (SDA) 8 of the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030. The objective of this work is, therefore, to monetise the social value of this type of undertaking through the use of a case study: that of the Abono Café company. The results show that the non-market value of this company greatly exceeds its market value, thus confirming its potential to generate social value for its stakeholders. The multiplying effect of the funds that Public Administrations allocate to the promotion of this type of initiative among people with disabilities makes them a useful tool and represents a change in the design of public policies, both on a social and employment level.

Entrepreneurship for People With Disabilities: From Skills to Social Value

“…In line with the available research studies (Nevala et al, 2015;Olaz and Ortiz, 2016a,b, 2017, Barba-Sánchez and Atienza-Sahuquillo, 2017Obschonka et al, 2017;Olaz and Ortiz, 2018;Olaz, 2019a,b, 2020;Alvarado et al, 2020;Barba-Sánchez et al, 2021), the analysis of the results carried out in this research study has evidenced the relationship between assessment of their competencies and the fact of starting up an enterprise of PWDs.…”

“…The cause of such relationship may be the psychological empowerment of the entrepreneurial PWDs, which makes it worth engaging in activities that minimize the need for financial support, especially when that entrepreneur is familiarized with the fact that entrepreneurial actions and economic consequences are bound, what has been confirmed according to research studies on the issue (Shogren and Shaw, 2016 ). Furthermore, if entrepreneurship is carried out using financial solvency, but not public contribution, then it is likely to create social value (Barba-Sánchez et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Regarding the link between PWDs entrepreneurship and social value, correlations between entrepreneurship and autonomy are one of the main findings of empirical research studies. In the resulting literature, it has been demonstrated that such correlations are liable to prove the creation of social value in this activity (Jones and Latreille, 2011 ; Toboso and Rogero, 2012 ; Balcázar et al, 2014 ; Lindsay et al, 2015 ; Moulton and Scott, 2016 ; Barba-Sánchez et al, 2019 , 2021 ; Moreno, 2019 ). According to this evidence, the focus of this research study is on the autonomy of PWDs.…”

“…Taking the model into consideration, based on the literature review that links entrepreneurial competencies in PWDs and social value (Akinyemi, 2016 ; Barba-Sánchez and Atienza-Sahuquillo, 2017 ; Barba-Sánchez et al, 2019 , 2021 ), the hypotheses explored in this article are the following ( Figure 1 ):…”

Contribution of Entrepreneurship to the Social Integration of People Intellectual Disabilities: A Case Study Based on the Analysis of Social Networks

“…However, the disabilities not only affect individuals but also family groups, the local social environment and economy, society in general and its pertinent public authorities (Ortíz-García and Olaz-Capitán, 2021), this type of inclusive entrepreneurship cannot be analyzed solely from the perspective of Stakeholder's Theory (Barba-Sánchez et al, 2021).…”