Opportunity recognition of social entrepreneurs: an application of the creativity model

Monllor, Javier; Attaran, Sharmin

doi:10.1504/ijesb.2008.017389

Cited by 32 publications

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“…Prior research into the ideation process in social innovation has tended to focus on the role of social entrepreneurs in recognizing an opportunity and pursuing a social mission (Monllor and Attaran 2008;De Bruin and Ferrante 2011;Phillips et al 2015). 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.…”

Section: Stakeholders and Relationships For Developing Social Innovatmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

2017

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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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Section: Stakeholders and Relationships For Developing Social Innovatmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

2017

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“…On the other hand, it is also apparent that nonprofit and philanthropic startups are subject to intense competitive forces, even if of a slightly different nature. And what about creativity and opportunity exploitation; are social entrepreneurs able to seize opportunities that would otherwise be ignored by traditional entrepreneurs, as Monllor and Attaran (2008) suggest? Dees (1998) argues that a primary difference between social and business entrepreneurship is the explicit, central mission of social ventures -which influences the way social entrepreneurs perceive and assess opportunities.…”

Section: What About Disenfranchised Entrepreneurs?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethics and entrepreneurship

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Sapienza

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2009

Journal of Business Venturing

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“…Creativity for entrepreneurs has significant challenges since, in most cases, they do not have enough capital, and it is difficult to materialise creative ideas in goods or services (Ward, 2004). In the case of social entrepreneurs, this creativity must recognise a need in the society so as to be able to generate better living conditions for those involved in entrepreneurship (Monllor & Attaran, 2008). Therefore, we consider that there must be a relationship between the autonomy of the entrepreneur and creativity.…”

Section: Social Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%