Motivations and Opportunity Recognition of Social Entrepreneurs

Yitshaki, Ronit; Kropp, Fredric

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12157

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“…Innovative and entrepreneurial firms that strive for sustainability combine individual and group leadership. The qualities of the leader are combined with shared leadership in an interactive process whereby people push themselves to achieve organizational and personal goals [28]. Our findings confirm the prominent role of ethical principles and personal values in sustainable entrepreneurship [23] as well as the importance of competitive intelligence [40], job satisfaction [25], intrinsic motivation [15], self-efficacy [16], empathy toward sustainability [5], and prosocial motivation [42].…”

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“…From this perspective, the leader participates in an interactive process whereby individuals progress toward the goals of the group, in accordance with the goals of the organization [28]. Finally, social awareness also has a strong weight in the environment criterion.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Entrepreneurial individuals have entrepreneurial motivations, which relate to discoveries and the exploitation of opportunities through effective actions [15]. They also have the necessary human capital to acquire and transform information [28]. Thus, motivations are fundamental for the transformation of entrepreneurial intentions into entrepreneurial actions [29].…”

Section: Behavioral and Human Relations Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This form of leadership is considered an interactive process. The leader individually motivates others by effectively carrying out tasks, while combining this form of leadership with an interactive, dynamic process whereby people encourage one another to achieve group and organizational goals, which can inspire members to act entrepreneurially [16,28].…”

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Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship and Business Sustainability

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Sustainability is becoming increasingly important for society, and the creation of business ventures is one area where sustainability is critical. We examined the factors affecting actions that are designed to foster business sustainability. These factors are related to the environment, behavior, human relations, and business activity. Based on questionnaire responses from experts, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used to rank sustainable business criteria according to their importance for entrepreneurs starting sustainable businesses. The results indicate that the most important drivers of sustainable entrepreneurship are behavioral factors and business factors. Ethical principles and values, together with competitive intelligence, are crucial for undertaking actions that lead to sustainability.

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Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship and Business Sustainability

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“…Opportunity recognition can be based on current or past life events, the identification of social needs or finding an idea that shapes over time (Yitshaki & Kropp, 2016). Opportunity identification is also related with the social structure of the entrepreneur (Burt, 1993) and with individual traits such as a creative personality (Shane & Nicolaou, 2015) or intercultural experience (Vandor & Franke, 2016).…”

Section: Capabilities: Opportunity Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%