Social Enterprise in Western Europe

Defourny, Jacques; Nyssens, Marthe

doi:10.4324/9780429055140

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“…In addition, the results suggest that social enterprises need to diversify their funding sources and rely on their own income produced by commercial activities rather than expecting funds from the government. Social enterprises must be independent of state influence, as advocated by field experts (Nyssens 2021).…”

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“…On the other hand, social enterprises are characterized by four core beliefs: shareholders do not gain a financial return on their investments, profits generated by an enterprise are reinvested for social missions, and services and products are sold at a low price to make them affordable for poor members of society, and public subsidies are not accepted because social enterprises must remain independent from the state (Nyssens 2021).…”

Section: Sustainable Development and Influence Of Policies On Social ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Essence of Social Entrepreneurship through a Georgian Lens: Social Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives

Gigauri

Panait

Apostu

et al. 2022

Administrative Sciences

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The attention to the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship has been especially enhanced during the current turbulent times, as social enterprises have a key role to play in solving social problems caused by the pandemic. Currently, social entrepreneurship is still an undeveloped area in Georgia, but it has the potential to contribute to the country’s economy and improve the social, ecological, and economic conditions of society. This paper analyses the concept in Georgia and explores social entrepreneurship from the social entrepreneurs’ perspective. A qualitative interview method was applied to collect the data for this study, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the seventeen Georgian social entrepreneurs from May–June 2021. The research reveals the drivers of social entrepreneurs and investigates the financial sources of social enterprises. It also discusses the practice of social entrepreneurship in terms of preventing and supportive factors while adopting the concept in transition economies, particularly in Georgia. The research demonstrated an urgent need for legislation to regulate the field of social entrepreneurship and formalize it.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainable Development and Influence Of Policies On Social ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Essence of Social Entrepreneurship through a Georgian Lens: Social Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives

Gigauri

Panait

Apostu

et al. 2022

Administrative Sciences

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“…Following on Massetti (2008), the social orientation can be seen as a distinctive factor of social entrepreneurs: while traditional entrepreneurs focus on market-oriented concerns, social entrepreneurs are concerned with social issues. Many definitions attest to a social mission or focus of social entrepreneurship (Austin et al, 2006;Dorado, 2006;Nyssens, 2006;Peredo and Chrisman, 2006;Peredo and McLean, 2006). In this context Stevens et al (2014, p. 4) summarize: "There is a general consensus that social enterprises focus on the social mission or the creation of social value."…”

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Clustering social enterprises: an empirically validated taxonomy

Erpf

Tekula

Neuenschwander

2019

SEJ

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Purpose This study aims to develop an empirically validated taxonomy. Typologies of social entrepreneurship are primarily based on conceptual considerations and case studies. There is a need for quantitative approaches and empirical testing of this emerging organizational form and its characteristics. Design/methodology/approach First, an item scale was developed that emerged from frequently mentioned elements in social entrepreneurship literature. Next, social entrepreneurs rated these items. Finally, the authors conducted a cluster analysis to derive a taxonomy with three distinguishable types of social enterprises. Findings Based on a cluster analysis (N = 70), an empirically validated taxonomy is provided with three social enterprise types: social service providers, social change makers and social philanthropists. Practical implications Although this research has an exploratory character, it makes a clear contribution by complementing existing typologies, which tend to be conceptual in nature, with a taxonomy that is empirically grounded. This study defogs the blurry understanding and limited knowledge about different social enterprise forms and provides insight into meaningfully similar groups across the sector as a whole. Originality/value This article fills a void of empirically grounded taxonomies by analyzing which definitional aspects of social entrepreneurship literature correspond to the perceptions of social entrepreneurs regarding the nature of their organizations.

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“…2019; Choi et al. 2020; Defourny and Nyssens 2021a 2021b). The intimate ties between the public sector and social enterprises in South Korea (hereinafter, “Korea”) are well‐attested (e.g., Bidet and Eum 2011; McCabe and Hahn 2006; Jung et al.…”

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South Korean social enterprises and their networks: On their organizational linkages at the interstice between the third, public, and corporate sectors

Claassen

Bidet

Kim

2022

Ann Public Coop Econ

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Social enterprise and government interactions have become an increasingly prominent theme in the literature on social entrepreneurship, due in part to the pressures confronting the welfare state and the rise of precarious work. This analysis is motivated by the efforts of the government of South Korea to incubate social enterprises since 2007. The constant scaling of the South Korean government's monitored social enterprise certification scheme had led to the registration of approximately 3440 social enterprises as of May 2021. This study documents the interorganizational network behaviour of these enterprises relative to the public sector, corporate sector, and civil society and the social economy. A cluster analysis approach is utilized to analyse network data obtained from a self‐administered survey of 103 government‐certified social enterprises operating in South Korea. We find that a sizeable number of government‐certified social enterprises have diversified networks, as opposed to public sector‐centric networks, although such social enterprises are in the minority. This study references social innovation cluster theory to argue that the aforementioned scheme has attained a partial degree of success in facilitating the emergence of social enterprises with diversified networks.However, the majority remain quasi‐governmental implementers of government contracts and, generally, do not engage in networking.

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Social Enterprise in Western Europe

Cited by 31 publications

References 4 publications

The Essence of Social Entrepreneurship through a Georgian Lens: Social Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives

The Essence of Social Entrepreneurship through a Georgian Lens: Social Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives

Clustering social enterprises: an empirically validated taxonomy

South Korean social enterprises and their networks: On their organizational linkages at the interstice between the third, public, and corporate sectors

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