Opportunity Recognition in Social Entrepreneurship

Lehner, Othmar M.; Kansikas, Juha

doi:10.1177/097135571102100102

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“…According to our results, during the crisis the influence of perceived opportunities on social entrepreneurship increased 37 % compared with the period before the crisis. Similar to previous results (Lehner & Kaniskas, 2012;Roy et al, 2014;Tominc & Rebernik, 2007), perceived opportunities are found to be related to entrepreneurial intentions and are a key driver in the decision to start a new business.…”

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The Effect of Cultural Factors on Social Entrepreneurship: The Impact of the Economic Downturn in Spain

Ferri

Noguera

Urbano

2015

Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Culture

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The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the influence of cultural factors on social entrepreneurship in Spain in the context of the recent economic crisis. Data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and Spanish Statistics Institute (INE) for the period 2005-2010 are used as the main sources of information and a panel data analysis is applied in the empirical part of the research. Through the lens of institutional economics, the main findings of the study suggest that informal factors such as cultural factors "perceived opportunities to create a start-up" and "entrepreneur's social image" are key drivers of social entrepreneurship during the depression period. This study contributes for the design of policies to foster social entrepreneurial activity as well as for the development of the literature in the social entrepreneurship field.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 87%

The Effect of Cultural Factors on Social Entrepreneurship: The Impact of the Economic Downturn in Spain

Ferri

Noguera

Urbano

2015

Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Culture

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“…Although some concepts have been proposed in the literature, there is still no consensus among researchers, because the field is under development (Phillips, Lee, Ghobadian, O'Regan, & James, 2015). In relation to the empirical investigations in the context of SI, as Phillips et al (2015) state, there are three predominant fields: the role of social entrepreneur (Austin, Stevenson, & Wei-Skillern, 2006;Lehner & Kansikas, 2012;Ruvio & Shoham, 2011;Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum and Shulman (2009), the partnership relationship (Edwards, Matti, & Alcántara, 2012;Lettice & Parekh, 2010) and the importance of the institutional environment (Desa, 2012;Moore, Westley, & Nicholls, 2012).…”

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Scaling up social innovation: a meta-synthesis

Morais-da-Silva

Takahashi

Segatto

2016

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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Purpose:This paper aims to analyze how features raised in the case studies in the field of social innovation, from the meta-synthesis methodology proposed by Hoon (2013), indicate factors that promote social innovation scalability Originality/gap/relevance/implications: The number of publications on SI, despite an increase perceived, is still limited. Consequently, researches dedicated to understand the scalability of the process of SI are still scarce, thus constituting a gap research. Key methodological aspects: To achieve the objective of this research, we followed the eight meta-synthesis steps proposed by Hoon (2013) which is an exploratoryinductive research design for synthesis of primary data collected through case studies whose primary purpose is to build theory. It was analyzed 66 articles identified in the Web of Science database, nine of them were selected to join this meta-synthesis. Summary of key results:The findings of this research can be summarized in the concept proposed "environment favourable to the scalability of a SI" with features of the internal environment, divided between aspects of the entrepreneur and the organization, and settings of the external environment, mediated (or not) by a bridge organization. Key considerations/conclusions: The findings of this study advance the SI literature in two main points: Concept proposition of "environment conducive to the scalability of a SI" and to draw attention to the field of study on the promoting factors of continuity and growth of a SI. As for the practical contributions, the results of the research can help social innovations managers in the expansion phase of its operations, suggesting some elements to consider.

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“…However, disability alone sometimes suffices to be the main trigger for differently abled persons to face insurmountable obstacles that prevent them from accessing meaningful employment (Sayce, 2012;Ormerod & Newton, 2013). Nonetheless, differently abled persons have to recognise entrepreneurial opportunities to start a business venture (Lehner & Kansikas, 2012). Thus, starting a business venture sometimes is forced by circumstances such as loss of a job, being laid off and companies restructuring or relocating.…”

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confidence: 99%