Social entrepreneurship among Kenyan farmers: A case example of acculturation challenges and program successes

Martin, Jeanette S.; Novičević, Milorad M.

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.05.007

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“…Hence, it entails ‗changing the character and attitude of individuals concerned [;] ... change by force, without a -change of heart,‖ merely substitutes one master or evil for another' (Brown 1961: 20-21, see also Dees 1998). Servant leadership often plays a critical role in social change programs (Hickman 2010), including social enterprises (e.g., Martin and Novicevic 2010). Servant leadership has nine functional attributes, namely: vision, honesty, integrity, trust, service, modeling, pioneering, appreciation of others, and empowerment (Russel and Stone 2002).…”

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“…Additionally, BbCC can serve the interests of land-owners and users by bestowing upon them social and civil rights; and empower them by bestowing upon them political rights (Kell andLevin 2003, Berlin 1969). Thus, BbCC underlines that sustainable land acquisition needs corporate citizenship programs in countries like India that should first create conducive conditions for social projects by employing servant leadership and then spread them through social entrepreneurship (see Martin and Novicevic 2010).…”

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“…Innovation diffusion in Africa, in particular, with a focus on smallholders, has also become commonplace in recent decades (Reij & Waters-Bayer, 2002;Sanginga et al 2009;Bationo et al 2011;Tittonell et al 2012;van Rijn et al 2012). Existing work concentrates on, for example, social capital and agricultural innovation (van Rijn et al 2012), access and social marketing (Freeman et al 2009), gendered norms and power (Bourey et al 2012), acculturation (Martin & Novicevic, 2010), and multi-stakeholder perspectives (Carlisle et al 2013). The work presented here unites a number of the above areas and concentrates on the more practical impediments in diffusing innovations via an entrepreneur.…”

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Sustainable diffusion of sustainable technologies? An entrepreneur-led initiative to promote improved cookstoves in rural western Kenya

Ness¹,

Åkerman²

2015

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

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This article presents the accomplishments and challenges of a rural sustainable development initiative in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Our focus is on the sale and financing of a simple technology-an improved cookstove-by a local entrepreneur. The theoretical basis of the research is innovation systems and (social) entrepreneurship. We first define the major challenges of the diffusion process encountered throughout the initiative's early years, with special concentration on maintaining the working capital to sell and finance additional innovations. We next present the measures to address the challenge, including detailed written contracts, a modest fee for late payments, a contractsigning witness, and money-transfer options by mobile telephone. We subsequently present repayment rates for up to one year after implementing the changes, which show a general pattern of improvement. Finally, we discuss the sustainability of the technology, repayment rates, innovation systems, and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. The main message of the research is that the major challenge is not creating more sustainable technologies, but overcoming difficulties in diffusion processes.

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“…Attachment to religious and spiritual values (Martin & Novicevic, 2010) represents a socio-cultural factor which affects the maintenance of ethical behavior insofar as religious precepts determine the rules of conduct and inspire entrepreneurs with certain options. The aspiration to maintain ethical standards equally leads entrepreneurs to adopt an ethical code.…”

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The Status of Ethics in the Entrepreneurial Process

Radouche¹

2014

IJBM

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Operationalising the notion of ethics, along with its applications in the field of entrepreneurship, has made possible the investigation of the influence exerted by the socio-cultural, economic, and legal environment on entrepreneurs' ethical behavior while they engage in the process of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of socio-cultural, economic, and legal factors on the development of business ethics. On the other hand, we analyze the influence of the development of business ethics on the entrepreneurial process.The population of the study contained 57 Tunisian young entrepreneurs in different sectors. In order to gathering the data required for measuring the study variables a questionnaire was developed. The results of the study showed that some personal traits as well as certain socio-cultural, economic, and legal factors influence their decision during the entrepreneurial process. It has been noticed that there are significant differences between the levels of development in the ethical orientation characterizing each phase of the entrepreneurial process. These differences are related to the entrepreneur's strategy, the organizational environment, and stakeholders' strategies.

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Social entrepreneurship among Kenyan farmers: A case example of acculturation challenges and program successes

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