A resource‐based view on the role of universities in supportive ecosystems for social entrepreneurs

Gonzalez, Abel Alan Diaz; Dentchev, Nikolay

doi:10.1111/basr.12281

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“…Regardless of personal motivation, academics are paid to generate knowledge that is useful to entrepreneurs and meant to help them (Morelli et al, 2015; Penner et al, 2005). SIs can benefit from the support that universities provide to the ecosystem (Diaz‐Gonzalez & Dentchev, 2022), and due to the number of actors involved in this support, we argue that it can be triggered by several types of motivations.Proposition In the support ecosystem for SIs, a group of actors engage in support activities due to a particular obligation, request, or mandate, indistinctively of the reward, and thus based on amalgamated motivations. Therefore, some ecosystem actors have a communitarian motivation to support SIs.…”

Section: Psb Theorymentioning

confidence: 88%

Support archetypes in ecosystems for social innovations

Dentchev,

Gonzalez,

Neumeyer

2023

Business and Society Review

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Social innovations (SIs) offer creative solutions to complex social problems and often require the exchange of necessary resources, knowledge, and expertise among various actors. These actors form an ecosystem that can support the development of successful SIs. In this special topic forum introduction, we first discuss the literature related to the support function of ecosystems. We use the theoretical lens of prosocial behavior to explain the various types of support in an ecosystem. We argue that there are three archetypes of support in ecosystems, namely, altruistic, communitarian, and commercial support. Subsequently, we present the three papers accepted for publication in the special topic forum. One paper refers to the three support archetypes, although indirectly, while the other two refer to one specific archetype of ecosystem support for SIs. This introductory paper concludes with discussion on the opportunities for future research. Without a clear understanding of the different archetypes of support, it would be difficult for both scholars and practitioners to design vibrant ecosystems in assistance to SI.

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Section: Psb Theorymentioning

confidence: 88%

Support archetypes in ecosystems for social innovations

Dentchev,

Gonzalez,

Neumeyer

2023

Business and Society Review

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From “business as usual” to sustainable “purpose‐driven business”: Challenges facing the purpose ecosystem in the United Kingdom and Australia

Lyon,

Stubbs,

Dahlmann

et al. 2024

Business and Society Review

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Purpose‐driven businesses have a stated objective to contribute to the welfare of society and the planet alongside generating shareholder value. As interest in purpose‐driven businesses grows, an emerging “purpose ecosystem” of advisers, investors, and enablers offers different types of support for businesses wanting to transition to sustainability. This paper examines how the transition towards purpose‐driven business in Australia and the United Kingdom requires addressing challenges facing this support ecosystem at three levels. First, at the individual level where support providers need to build the capabilities of managers who are experiencing tensions around integrating societal and environmental purpose while facing pressure for maximizing shareholder value. Second, the support providers working within the purpose ecosystem offering professional advice and finance face their own tensions between environmental or social objectives and commercial pressures. Third, there are challenges facing actors in the ecosystems aiming to change the wider policy and institutional environment but facing lobbying from those wanting to keep “business as usual.” We identify practical implications for those parts of the purpose‐driven business ecosystem providing support. This includes building capabilities to combine social, environmental, and commercial purpose; coordination among support providers; and creating an institutional environment to avoid “purpose wash.”

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