Social entrepreneurship and post conflict recovery in Uganda

Sserwanga, Arthur; Kiconco, Rebecca Isabella; Nystrand, Malin; Mindra, Rachel

doi:10.1108/jec-02-2014-0001

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“…Social entrepreneurship in Uganda plays as positive drivers especially in social effects in post-conflict era (Sserwanga et al , 2014). A quantitative study in Rwanda finds that entrepreneurship after the genocide produced positive implications on the relationship between conflicting parties, Hutu and Tutsi (Tobias and Boudreaux, 2011).…”

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Systematic review: entrepreneurship in conflict and post conflict

Aldairany

Omar

Quoquab

2018

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Purpose Conflict environments are under researchers’ scope in many disciplines at micro and macro levels. This paper aims to steer towards finding out how literature addresses entrepreneurship in conflict contexts. In addition, this paper tries to ascertain the theoretical bases and main themes and issues that have been studied in this area, to map the current knowledge in a clear frame as an attempt to highlight gaps and weaknesses in relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach Review entrepreneurship, conflict and post-conflict literature including the terminologies, theories, methodologies are the main themes. The primary sources of data are research articles that were published in scholarly journals and written in English. The paper includes, in the final list of reviewed articles, 57 articles. Findings The review reveals three main themes of the special definition of entrepreneurship in conflict areas. Many gaps remain, despite the growing interests. More involvement in collecting data directly from the area under conflict is required instead of the heavy dependency on secondary data. In addition, destructive business and conflict consequences have promising research issues to be discovered more in single places or collectively for broader comprehensiveness. These findings may assist researchers, policymakers and international bodies to approach the current literature and build farther on it. Originality/value This paper attempts to provide a mapping of literature that focuses on how entrepreneurship in conflict and post-conflict could differ or be similar to stable contexts. The findings advance motivation for future empirical studies to encompass issues and development of entrepreneurship orientation, taxonomies and impacts in conflict and post-conflict contexts.

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Systematic review: entrepreneurship in conflict and post conflict

Aldairany

Omar

Quoquab

2018

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“…From this perspective, the social component of entrepreneurship consists of the ability to identify innovative solutions for specific social problems. Therefore, innovation is another key element of social entrepreneurs because it involves novelty for a relevant company in society [42], and it is what has distinguished social entrepreneurship from other forms of entrepreneurship, especially in recent years.…”

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“…The social mission is the core of what distinguishes social entrepreneurs from classical entrepreneurs [1]. Social entrepreneurs are like entrepreneurs only they are driven by social improvement and not by profits [42].…”

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Social Entrepreneurship Research: Intellectual Structures and Future Perspectives

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Social entrepreneurship (SE) is an emerging research field that has received much scholarly attention in recent years. Given the global scope of this attention, this review explores the existing scientific literature on social entrepreneurship to contribute to a systematization of the research field. Based on the publications in Web of Science and Scopus, a total of 1425 scientific articles were analyzed. We used the bibliometric method to describe the evolution of social entrepreneurship research (e.g., evaluation by years, authors, scientific journal articles, and countries in the SE literature that have had the greatest impact in terms of production). In addition, we used the mapping of knowledge networks through the citations and co-citations analysis to identify schools of thought. A keyword co-occurrence analysis was performed to detect key research topics over the years. The results show that, although the research is still in a nascent phase, it has a multidisciplinary character. Furthermore, social entrepreneurship appears to be a concept closely linked to three schools of thought: commercial entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, and social innovation. The keywords analysis allowed us to isolate the constructs that the literature has considered antecedents (e.g., socio-psychological factors) and accelerators (e.g., education, network, culture, and gender) to the development of social entrepreneurial intention. We will further discuss the ways researchers can explore this research field and contribute to the global literature.

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“…According to this definition, financial services include savings and credits; however, insurance and payments are also considered as microfinance services. Additionally, social intermediation such as group formation, self-reliance, training and management capabilities are also included in the definition of microfinance (Akudugu, 2011;Sserwanga et al, 2014). The provision of financial services include savings, transfers, insurance and credit.…”

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“…Although the current literature on disaster management mainly focuses on emergency (short term) reliefs that is usually provided immediately after disasters, however, disaster management goes beyond emergency reliefs. It includes pre-disaster measures such as risk identification, risk mitigation (Alonso, 2015;Mitrovi, 2015;Vatsa, 2004); short-term measures after disasters such as search and rescue, response and rehabilitation (Sserwanga et al, 2014;Mitrovi, 2015); and long-term post-disaster measures such as recovery and development which plays a significant part in overall economic development. (Pantoja, 2002) The purpose of this article is to outline the use of microfinance products at various stages of the disaster management process.…”

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Microfinance as a tool for developing resilience in vulnerable communities

Ullah¹,

Khan²

2017

JEC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review different microfinance products and services that can be offered to reduce the financial vulnerabilities of communities at risk. Following a detail literature review, the effectiveness of different forms of microfinance services in creating resilience in the affected communities was analysed and whether they can be applied to mitigate the risk of future disasters was assessed. In addition, the study was conducted to assess whether microcredit can help reduce direct risk exposure of the poor through income smoothing. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a review of existing theories. Findings The notion that most vulnerable communities are financially weak is evident from studies. This study finds that microcredit can help reduce direct risk exposure of poor through income smoothing, while saving can help them recover from the losses of disasters. Our review also suggests that there is no specific model of microfinance services which can have a holistic impact on the financial capacity-building, particularly during the rehabilitation process. Research limitations/implications There are different categories of microfinance products with distinct characteristics and associated benefits to the communities. Some of the major microfinance products as identified in this study are, saving products, credit products and insurance products. These products have multidimensional benefits, as there are many approaches adopted by microfinance institutions (MFIs) and clients regarding the use of these products. However this study focuses on the use of these products towards resilience development in the community. Other applications of these products still need to be explored. Practical implications There is a need for a comprehensive financial tool that can be effectively applied to expedite the process of rehabilitation and reduce the financial impact of disasters on the community, particularly the poor. Major issues in the context of disasters faced by MFIs to design their products in the affected areas are also highlighted in the study. Social implications The study throws lights on different microfinancial tools such as microloans, microcredits and cash for work, etc. offered by banks and other organizations and highlights their role in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of those affected by disasters in different parts of the world. Originality/value This paper contributes to the discourse of microfinance and its social applications in developing countries. It provides original role of microfinance as a tool for creating community resilience to the impacts of disasters.

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Social entrepreneurship and post conflict recovery in Uganda

Cited by 25 publications

References 36 publications

Systematic review: entrepreneurship in conflict and post conflict

Systematic review: entrepreneurship in conflict and post conflict

Social Entrepreneurship Research: Intellectual Structures and Future Perspectives

Microfinance as a tool for developing resilience in vulnerable communities

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