Social Entrepreneurship and Broader Theories: Shedding New Light on the ‘Bigger Picture’

Zeyen, Anica; Beckmann, Markus; Mueller, Susan; Dees, J. Gregory; Khanin, Dmitry; Krueger, Norris; Murphy, Patrick J.; Santos, Filipe; Scarlata, Mariarosa; Walske, Jennifer M.; Zacharakis, Andrew

doi:10.1080/19420676.2012.725422

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“…One starting point for contemporary investigations of social entrepreneurship and hybrid businesses is the work of Muhammad Yunus, who, in 1976, proposed the notion of helping communities using business logics (cf. Yunus, Moingeon, and Lehmann-Ortega 2010), defying the predominant risk-reward paradigm for engaging in commercial activities (Pache and Santos 2013;Zeyen et al 2013). Since then, many scholars have attempted to define the term hybrid business and delineate social entrepreneurship from other forms of for-and nonprofit endeavors (e.g., Austin, Stevenson, and Wei-Skillern 2006;Doherty, Haugh, and Lyon 2014;Haigh and Hoffman 2012;Pache and Santos 2013;Wilson and Post 2013;Yunus, Moingeon, and Lehmann-Ortega 2010;Zahra et al 2009).…”

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Constituents and Characteristics of Hybrid Businesses: A Qualitative, Empirical Framework

Hahn¹,

Ince²

2016

Journal of Small Business Management

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Despite mounting research on hybrid businesses that deliver value beyond financial goals, little is known about their nature. We assess what characterizes hybrid businesses and drives their founders by means of an abductive analysis of 18 ventures. Findings are discussed for the outcome of business models, organization of business model, and underlying aims of hybrid entrepreneurs building an empirical framework of constituents and characteristics. Results show participatory patterns of organization and emphasis on knowledge sharing about sustainability. The general profit and growth orientation is often a means to the end of achieving sustainability goals. Entrepreneurs are driven by nonmaterial motives.

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Constituents and Characteristics of Hybrid Businesses: A Qualitative, Empirical Framework

Hahn¹,

Ince²

2016

Journal of Small Business Management

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“…In addition, we adopted items from previous research on sustainable entrepreneurship asking "I feel enthusiastic to be sustainable entrepreneur", and "Sustainable entrepreneurship is a challenging but interesting task." [32,33].…”

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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurship Orientation: Is There a Tradeoff Relationship between Them?

Sung

Park

2018

Sustainability

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Sustainability and entrepreneurship are often regarded as binary concepts that have a tradeoff relationship, meaning that the higher the social and environmental consideration, the lower the private and economic benefits. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of individual sustainability orientation on opportunity recognition and sustainable entrepreneurship intention, and examine whether it has a tradeoff relationship with entrepreneurship orientation. The result of this study shows that sustainability orientation has a positive relationship with opportunity recognition and entrepreneurship intention related to sustainability. Analysis of the moderating effects of entrepreneurship orientation reveals the positive effect with sustainability orientation but negative effect with opportunity recognition on sustainable entrepreneurship intention. This study would suggest implications to entrepreneurs on how to balance sustainability and entrepreneurship and promote sustainability entrepreneurship.

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“…While the social entrepreneurship literature emphasizes the importance of scaling social impact (Short, Moss, and Lumpkin 2009;Mair and Marti 2006;Dacin, Dacin, and Tracey 2011), the operational measures most commonly used are variants of commercial franchising, expansion, or growth Scaling Social Impact: Building Sustainable Social Ventures 165 (Hammack 2001;Bloom and Smith 2010;Zeyen et al 2013). These measures insufficiently reflect the diverse social needs of vast numbers of people in emerging economies.…”

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“…Uvin 1995), and even social franchising/replication (marketing/management literature -e.g. Bloom and Smith 2010;Bradach 2003;Zeyen et al 2013). A search conducted through the EBSCO journal database for the terms scaling, growth, replication, or expansion coupled with variations of social entrepreneurship (e.g.…”

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Scaling Social Impact: Building Sustainable Social Ventures at the Base-of-the-Pyramid

Desa

Koch

2014

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

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This paper examines the process through which ventures scale their social impact in base-of-the-pyramid communities. A careful review of extant literature reveals two distinct modes of scaling social impact -breadth and depth scale. Drawing on a longitudinal study of Naandi and Drishtee -two exemplary social ventures in rural India -it is suggested that the depth and breadth scale develop through different processes. Each venture dynamically balances a minimum critical specification of social innovation, affordability, and market penetration while scaling social impact. We chart this path to scale in the two social ventures, and find that the relationship between minimum critical specifications and social impact is mediated by contrasting approaches to resource mobilization, operating routines, and entrepreneurial adjustment. The findings suggest that the process of scaling social impact can be characterized by a punctuated equilibrium model of system change.

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Social Entrepreneurship and Broader Theories: Shedding New Light on the ‘Bigger Picture’

Cited by 56 publications

References 28 publications

Constituents and Characteristics of Hybrid Businesses: A Qualitative, Empirical Framework

Constituents and Characteristics of Hybrid Businesses: A Qualitative, Empirical Framework

Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurship Orientation: Is There a Tradeoff Relationship between Them?

Scaling Social Impact: Building Sustainable Social Ventures at the Base-of-the-Pyramid

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