Community, capabilities, and the social entrepreneurship ecosystem

Warnecke, Tonia; Balzac-Arroyo, Josephine

doi:10.1080/15575330.2022.2155675

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“…Muñoz and Kibler (2016) and Cherrier and colleagues (2018) find that social entrepreneurs respond to institutional complexity. More recently, Lyons and Roundy (2023) and others (Warnecke and Balzac-Arroyo, 2023) contend that social entrepreneurs are influenced by their local entrepreneurial ecosystems. Thus, while individual traits are important in explaining and predicting multiple aspects of social entrepreneurship, such traits, and other sources of routine patterns of behavior, do not manifest randomly and do not form or operate in a contextual and institutional vacuum.…”

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Institutional channeling and opportunity recognition: heterogeneous knowledge corridors as pathways to social entrepreneurship

Lortie

Cox

Roundy

et al. 2023

SEJ

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Purpose Despite intense scholarly interest in social entrepreneurship, opportunity recognition remains a poorly understood facet of the phenomenon. Linkages between the micro- and macro-level forces shaping social entrepreneurship are particularly unclear. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of institutional channeling, the process by which institutions socialize and direct individuals into specific knowledge corridors, as a key mechanism influencing the ability of entrepreneurs to identify and create different types of opportunities. Design/methodology/approach Through a synthesis of institutional theory and the knowledge corridor thesis, this research offers a theory explaining why some individuals are able to recognize opportunities for social entrepreneurship. Findings The authors develop a conceptual model that explains how non-contested institutions channel entrepreneurs into homogeneous knowledge corridors, which support the creation of purely for-profit and non-profit organizations. By contrast, experiences involving institutional plurality activate and enable heterogeneous knowledge corridors, which are associated with the ability to recognize opportunities, like social entrepreneurship, that blend institutions. Originality/value The central contribution of this paper is an explanation of why certain individuals, because of their institutional experiences, are more likely than others to recognize for-profit, non-profit and social opportunities. This article highlights that previous efforts at addressing this issue were predominantly centered at the micro level of analysis and focus on individual entrepreneurs and their identities, personality traits and social networks. Although these studies have shed light on important facets of opportunity recognition, they do not sufficiently explain the influence that institutions can have on the micro processes involved in social entrepreneurship opportunity recognition.

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