Identifying the Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Impact: Theoretical Development and an Exploratory Empirical Test of SCALERS

Bloom, Paul N.; Smith, Brett

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“…This argument is expressed most clearly in the debate over the scaling of social impact (e.g. Bloom and Smith 2010;Desa and Koch 2014). , For example, Urvin, Jain, and Brown (2000) draw on their work on nongovernmental organizations in developing countries to argue that the main purpose of "scaling up" is to expand impact, rather than simply to grow larger.…”

Section: The Concept Of Growth In Social Venturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scaling up can also be achieved through other means, including the replication and franchising of a successful business model (Bloom and Smith 2010;Mulgan, Ali, Halkett, and Sanders 2007) 10 . However, this is likely to create a distinctive set of tensions in a hybrid organization, as compared to its commercial counterpart.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This has encouraged prospective founders, leaders and supporters to seek out readily-scaleable and replicable business models. The strength of the growth discourse is indicated by an increasing emphasis on the need to measure and support the scaling up, replication and franchising of successful social ventures (Bloom and Smith, 2010;Mulgan et al, 2007;Shanmugalingam et al, 2011). In practice, social ventures are often established with limited growth aspirations and many remain modest in terms of their organizational scale, reach and impact.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures

Blundel

Lyon

2014

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

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Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures

Blundel

Lyon

2014

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

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“…The field has seen the emergence of sets of S-ENT theories and propositions often based on grounded qualitative research (Datta & Gailey, 2012;Haugh, 2007;Hockerts, 2015a;Jones, Latham, & Betta, 2008;Townsend & Hart, 2008;Tracey & Jarvis, 2007). Yet, it is only in the past few years that researchers have begun the empirical testing of the emerging propositions of S-ENT research (Bloom & Smith, 2010;Corner & Ho, 2010;Desa, 2012;Liu, Eng, & Takeda, 2013;Teasdale, McKay, Phillimore, & Teasdale, 2011). …”

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Determinants of Social Entrepreneurial Intentions

Hockerts

2017

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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This article tests the model proposed by Mair and Noboa (2006) who identify four antecedents which they suggest predict social entrepreneurial intentions. The study extends the model by including prior experience with social problems as an additional variable. Findings show that prior experience predicts social entrepreneurial intentions. This effect is mediated by the antecedents suggested by Mair and Noboa. Social entrepreneurial selfefficacy has both the largest impact on intentions as well as being itself most responsive to prior experience. Lastly, the study shows that the amount of optional social entrepreneurship electives students enroll in is predicted by social entrepreneurial intentions.

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“…They propose to solve problems that private companies or the government are unable to solve (Defourny, 2001). Earnings generation has been identified as one of the key factors for the success of a social enterprise (Bloom & Smith, 2010 organization's social impact in addition to its economic gain (Dees, 2012(Dees, , 1998, which can lead to decreased remuneration and compensation for personnel and therefore cause talented individuals to hesitate when considering working for a social enterprise. This scenario adds to the pressure on social entrepreneurs to use their resources wisely (Wei-Skillern et al, 2007).…”

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Bricolage in the marketing efforts of a social enterprise

Kannampuzha

Suoranta

2016

JRME

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Structured AbstractPurpose -The article aims to understand how resource constraints are addressed in the development of a marketing strategy by a social enterprise.Methodology -The authors have used an in-depth case study of collaboration between a Finnish university and an Indian social enterprise as the methodology for our research in which the data were collected over a period of two years. The data involve semi-structured interviews, field notes and student reports.Findings -The authors propose bricolage as a method of marketing ingenuity in resource-constrained social enterprises. Network bricolage and entrepreneurship education bricolage were identified as two mechanisms adopted to address resource constraints in the early stage of the development of a social enterprise.Research limitations/ implications -Network bricolage is a type of bricolage in which an entrepreneur utilizes existing personal and professional networks as a resource at hand. Whereas networking and resource leveraging imply that the founders of an organization pursue resources from previously unknown people, network bricolage involves already known contacts of the entrepreneur. Further studies need to be conducted to test the applicability of network bricolage among a variety of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. Bricolage could be explored in more detail as an alternative to resource leveraging to understand the marketing activities of social businesses in their initial stages.Practical implications -Another type of bricolage that the authors observed was entrepreneurship education bricolage. A combination of students, business mentors and university resources such as faculty members was utilized as an ingenuity mechanism to develop creative solutions for a shortage of marketing resources.Originality/value -The theoretical framework of entrepreneurial bricolage is applied in the context of the marketing of a social enterprise.

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Identifying the Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Impact: Theoretical Development and an Exploratory Empirical Test of SCALERS

Cited by 160 publications

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Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures

Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures

Determinants of Social Entrepreneurial Intentions

Bricolage in the marketing efforts of a social enterprise

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