A Model of Social Entrepreneurial Discovery

Murphy, Patrick J.; Coombes, Susan

doi:10.1007/s10551-008-9921-y

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“…Work on the idea formation process by Murphy and Coombes (2009) emphasizes the relational dimension in the mobilization of economic, social and environmental resources as a precondition for the emergence of social innovation. They contend the mobilization process is manifestly different to traditional patterns of discovery by entrepreneurial firms as it primarily involves substantial volunteerism and public support of the social issue at hand.…”

Section: Stakeholders and Relationships For Developing Social Innovatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further, social innovation can arise from accessing new communities through developing relationships with, for instance, local support groups or community action groups. These groups can provide a sandpit for idea and opportunity generation and can also ensure the social enterprise develops social innovations that really incorporate the needs of its target community and so contribute to the mobilization process (Murphy and Coombes 2009). Finally, stakeholder relationships can support the pursuit of new opportunities through sharing risk, especially through partnering with like-minded organizations that embody similar values.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Going It Alone Won’t Work! The Relational Imperative for Social Innovation in Social Enterprises

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Shifts in the philosophy of the ''state'' and a growing emphasis on the ''Big Society'' have placed an increasing onus on a newly emerging organizational form, social enterprises, to deliver innovative solutions to ease societal issues. However, the question of how social enterprises manage the process of social innovation remains largely unexplored. Based on insights from both in-depth interviews and a quantitative empirical study of social enterprises, this research examines the role of stakeholder relationships in supporting the process of social innovation within social enterprises. We find that social enterprises are adept at working with their stakeholders in the ideation stage of social innovation. In contrast, they often fail to harness knowledge and expertise from their partners during the social innovation implementation phase. Consequently, we propose a social innovationstakeholder relationship matrix that provides social enterprises in particular with insight for developing stakeholder relationships to achieve their social innovation missions.

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Going It Alone Won’t Work! The Relational Imperative for Social Innovation in Social Enterprises

2017

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“…Among others it lacks sufficient number of good entrepreneurs (Gupta and Srinivasan 1992;Hoque et al 2014). In the last decade, there has been a growing interest in entrepreneurship as a mechanism for poverty alleviation across international boundaries (Murphy and Coombes 2009). Entrepreneurship can help alleviate poverty is not new, rather from long before it was assumed that entrepreneurial activity leads to economic growth (Schumpeter 1934) and vice versa.…”

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Poverty alleviation by Zakah in a transitional economy: a small business entrepreneurial framework

2015

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Around 3 billion people are living in poverty of which 35 % are from Muslim World (World Bank 2010). In this case, global Muslim community has prime role to address the injustice of global poverty through zakah as an Islamic faith-based institution and having potential annual fund of $139.32 billion in Muslim world. This study designed an explanatory sequential mixed method. For qualitative data, 17 managers were interviewed and 85 zakah recipients were purposively surveyed (disproportionate sampling) for quantitative purpose between August 1 and December 30, 2013. The results indicate that zakah has significant bearing on the conditions of zakah recipients and lie the foundation of developing small business entrepreneurship by mobilizing zakah as seed money (investment) and not as spent money (consumption). A five-phased process model underpinned by two well-grounded theories: Becker's human capital theory and Kirkpatrick's training evaluation taxonomy has been proposed for developing entrepreneurship having universal application. The model's implications for alleviating poverty by governments, zakah management institutions, and policy makers also discussed in the paper.JEL Codes: I32; L26; P36

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“…Murphy and Coombes (2008), on the other hand, have described how social entrepreneurs discover their distinct ways to create value. This article adds to this debate by applying an innovation sciences analysis-namely strategic niche management (SNM)-to a 57 case survey and eight interviews.…”

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From Cowboys to Diplomats: Challenges for Social Entrepreneurship in The Netherlands

2010

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Social entrepreneurship-a new business model that combines a social goal with a business mentality-is in a transitional phase, from a rough cowboy market to a more established market niche. This process results in two interconnected dilemmas for the social entrepreneur. First, how it can capture market share despite its role as an antagonist to current market values. Second, how it can prevent the loss of its own core values in the course of greater interaction with the incumbent regimes. Using a tool known from innovation sciences to analyse radical innovations, namely strategic niche management, and both survey data and interviews from actors in the Netherlands, this article shows that social entrepreneurs have an attitude that is still more in line with the cowboy market than with the new diplomatic role they are expected to take on. Subsequently, it provides recommendations on how to achieve this new attitude. 123 Voluntas (2011) 22:283-310 DOI 10.1007 rôle d'antagoniste de la valeur marchande actuelle. Deuxièmement, comment il peut éviter la perte de ses valeurs fondamentales propres à l'occasion de relations plus étroites avec les régimes en place. En utilisant un outil connu des sciences de l'innovation pour analyser les innovations radicales, à savoir la gestion des créneaux stratégiques, les données d'études et les interviews de protagonistes aux Pays-Bas, cet article montre que les entrepreneurs sociaux ont une attitude qui est encore davantage conforme au marché d'amateurs qu'au nouveau rôle diplomatique qu'ils sont appelés à jouer. Il émet par la suite des recommandations sur la façon d'accéder à une nouvelle attitude. Resumen El espíritu emprendedor (un nuevo modelo empresarial que combina los objetivos sociales con la mentalidad empresarial) constituye una fase de transición: de un mercado de duros cowboys a un nicho de mercado más consolidado. Este proceso provoca dos dilemas interrelacionados con el espíritu social. En primer lugar, cómo puede captar la cuota de mercado pese a su función como antagonista de los valores del mercado actual; y en segundo lugar, cómo puede evitar la pérdida de sus valores esenciales en el transcurso de una interacción mayor con los regímenes interesados. Utilizando una herramienta conocida por las ciencias de la innovación para analizar las innovaciones radicales, es decir, la gestión de nichos estratégicos y tanto datos como las entrevistas y las encuestas a actores en los Países Bajos, este trabajo revela que los emprendedores sociales siguen mostrando una actitud más en consonancia con el mercado de los cowboys que con el nuevo papel diplomático que se espera que asuma. Posteriormente, se ofrece una serie de recomendaciones sobre cómo lograr esta nueva actitud. Zusammenfassung

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A Model of Social Entrepreneurial Discovery

Cited by 253 publications

References 46 publications

Going It Alone Won’t Work! The Relational Imperative for Social Innovation in Social Enterprises

Going It Alone Won’t Work! The Relational Imperative for Social Innovation in Social Enterprises

Poverty alleviation by Zakah in a transitional economy: a small business entrepreneurial framework

From Cowboys to Diplomats: Challenges for Social Entrepreneurship in The Netherlands

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