Social Entrepreneurial Ventures: Different Values So Different Process of Creation, No?

Dorado, Silvia

doi:10.1142/s1084946706000453

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“…Barriers of a financial nature are often mentioned in the related fields of social entrepreneurship (Dorado 2006;Purdue 2001;Sharir and Lerner 2006;Zahra et al 2009) and environmental entrepreneurship (Groot and Pinkse 2015;Dean and McMullen 2007). Regarding social entrepreneurship, several studies have stressed the difficulties in attracting financial capital (Dorado 2006;Purdue 2001;Sharir and Lerner 2006;Zahra et al 2009).…”

Section: Perceived Financial Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding social entrepreneurship, several studies have stressed the difficulties in attracting financial capital (Dorado 2006;Purdue 2001;Sharir and Lerner 2006;Zahra et al 2009). For example, a large-scale UK survey by the Social Enterprise Coalition shows that access to financing is perceived as a strong barrier to growth among social entrepreneurs (Leahy and Villeneuve-Smith 2009).…”

Section: Perceived Financial Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

2017

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Entrepreneurs who start a business to serve both self-interests and collective interests by addressing unmet social and environmental needs are usually referred to as sustainable entrepreneurs. Compared with regular entrepreneurs, we argue that sustainable entrepreneurs face specific challenges when establishing their businesses owing to the discrepancy between the creation and appropriation of private value and social value. We hypothesize that when starting a business, sustainable entrepreneurs (1) feel more hampered by perceived barriers, such as the institutional environment and (2) have a different risk attitude and perception than regular entrepreneurs. We use two waves of the Flash Eurobarometer survey on entrepreneurship (2009 and 2012), which contains information on start-up motivations, start-up barriers, and risk perceptions of approximately 3000 (prospective) business owners across 33 countries. We find that sustainable entrepreneurs indeed perceive more institutional barriers in terms of a lack of financial, administrative, and informational support at business start-up than regular entrepreneurs. Further, no significant differences between sustainable and regular entrepreneurs are found in terms of their risk attitudes or perceived financial risks. However, sustainable entrepreneurs are more likely to fear personal failure than regular entrepreneurs, which is explained by their varied and complex stakeholder relations. These insights may serve as an important signal for both governments and private capital providers in enhancing the institutional climate.

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Section: Perceived Financial Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

2017

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“…On the other hand, social entrepreneurs search, generally, to accomplish social goals based on the economic sustainability (Dorado, 2006). Leadbeater (1997) defends that many of the traits and behaviors of social entrepreneurs are the mirror of commercial entrepreneurs, including their determination, ambition, charisma, leadership, ability to communicate their vision and inspire others and maximizing the use of resources; the key difference is that in business entrepreneurship, the main focus is the economic return while in SE is the social return.…”

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confidence: 99%

Motivations for social entrepreneurship – Evidences from Portugal

Braga

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2014

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The main purpose of this article is to explore the factors that motivate people to create, develop and maintain a social entrepreneurship project and also to explore the difficulties and expectations social entrepreneurs face. The research is based on an exploratory study that includes the collection and analysis of qualitative data, involving 13 interviews to social entrepreneurs from Portugal.The study provides information about the motivations that take individuals to initiate and maintain a social project, standing out the altruism, the passion, the influence of role models, past volunteering experiences and the willing to create and innovate. The mobilization of financial and human resources, as well as the business bureaucracy, are the most frequent difficulties in the process of social venture creation but the will to fight, the persistence and passion the interviewers have, that is, their motivation, seems to be the motto for continuing to battle for their goals.

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“…The first one is innovative change, with its strategies, meanings, concepts, ideas, and organizations. The second one, instead, is social mission, which aims at creating societal benefits by helping disadvantaged and under-served populations (Dorado, 2006;Van Slyke & Newman, 2006;Tracey & Phillips, 2007). In this scenario, the Schumpeterian 'creative-destruction' axiom has to be interpreted differently.…”

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Factors Stimulating Social Innovation in Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Evidence of Inter-Organizational Alliances in Italy

Zollo¹,

Rialti²,

Ciappei³

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IJBM

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This article will focus on the meaning of social innovation, which could represent the tipping point of the modern entrepreneurship phenomenon, allowing it to reach a larger scale and increase its social benefits. After having described the definition of social entrepreneurship and how it may be influenced by inter-organizational social arrangements, we will analyze the Italian scenario, which is particularly significant for investigating inter-organizational alliances and their social outcomes. Specifically, the focus will be on inter-organizational alliances in the Region of Tuscany, underlining how the Third Sector is capable of creating both direct and indirect effects on social innovation, thus becoming a possible turning point for modern societal evolution. Consequently, the article will conclude with theoretical propositions concerning the direct and indirect effects that inter-organizational alliances have on social entrepreneurship, thus emphasizing the positive outcomes that such interactions have both on the financial equilibrium of the organizations and on their organizational structure.

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Social Entrepreneurial Ventures: Different Values So Different Process of Creation, No?

Cited by 270 publications

References 70 publications

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Risk

Motivations for social entrepreneurship – Evidences from Portugal

Factors Stimulating Social Innovation in Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Evidence of Inter-Organizational Alliances in Italy

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