Social Entrepreneurship as Mechanisms for Social Transformation and Social Impact in East Africa An Exploratory Case Study Perspective

Maseno, Matilda; Wanyoike, Caroline

doi:10.1080/19420676.2020.1755348

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“…In our definition, social entrepreneurs are: entrepreneurs who are primarily interested in achieving positive societal impacts through developing market-oriented innovative solutions to address (local) social needs and to solve pressing social, economic, environmental, or cultural problems. This definition draws on commonalities across the key definitions as compiled by Abu-Saifan (2012) and Mair and Noboa (2003), and also echoes elements concerning development and local contexts as suggested by Maseno and Wanyoike (2020), Barnard (2019) and Oriakhogba (2020). It is important to acknowledge, however, that social entrepreneurs' focus on social return does not preclude them from simultaneously seeking financial gain.…”

Section: Social Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Many of the initial definitions have been summarised and outlined by Abu-Saifan (2012) and Mair and Noboa (2003). Newer conceptions, found in Barnard (2019), Brindle and Layton (2017), Maseno and Wanyoike (2020), Nwuneli (2016), and Oriakhogba (2020), are particularly relevant to this study. These conceptions recognise the links between social challenges and entrepreneurship as observed by Rivera-Santos et al (2015), and add valuable nuance through bridging the fields of social entrepreneurship and development, and emphasising the importance of context and local dynamics.…”

Section: Social Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Social Entrepreneurs' Use of Fab Labs and 3D Printing in South Africa and Kenya

Schonwetter

Wiele

2020

Afr. j. inf. commun. (Online)

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This article outlines findings from a study in South Africa and Kenya that explored social entrepreneurs’ use of fabrication laboratories (fab labs), and in particular fab lab 3D printing services, in order to advance their social innovations and enterprises. Based on interviews with representatives of fab lab initiatives and social enterprises, the study found strong linkages between social entrepreneurship and fab labs, and between social entrepreneurs and the use of 3D printing technology. However, it was also found that social entrepreneurs tend not to rely primarily on fab labs for access to 3D printers, preferring to buy and build their own printer units—a practice made cost-effective through the selection of low-cost, open source models. In respect of the computer-aided design (CAD) software used to design the files for 3D printing, it was found that social entrepreneurs prefer the stability and user-friendliness of proprietary CAD software, despite the cost implications. At the same time, it was found that social entrepreneurs frequently use free and open source CAD files available online, and that they seek, in turn, to share their designs on a free and open source basis.

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Section: Social Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Social Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 95%

Social Entrepreneurs' Use of Fab Labs and 3D Printing in South Africa and Kenya

Schonwetter

Wiele

2020

Afr. j. inf. commun. (Online)

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“…Organizational growth strategy (Hlady-Rispal and Servantie, 2017;Lyon and Fernandez, 2012) Ecosystem growth strategy (Thompson et al, 2018;Montgomery et al, 2012) Product/service expansion -Development of new products/services (Vickers et al, 2017;Mongelli et al, 2018) -Improvement of existing products/services (Wyper et al, 2016;Bhatt et al, 2016) -Product/service expansion and beneficiary demand (Corner and Ho, 2010;Alshawaaf and Lee, 2020) -Modes of product/service expansion (Desa and Koch, 2014;Cherrier et al, 2018) -Beneficiary engagement in the product/service expansion process (Haugh and Talwar, 2016;Siebold et al, 2019) -Not every product/service expansion may help to scale social impact (Langevang and Namatovu, 2019;André et al, 2018) Geographic expansion -Modes of geographic expansion (Giudici et al, 2020;Hota et al, 2019) -Geographic expansion and business model stability (Dobson et al, 2018;Chliova and Ringov, 2017) -Not every geographic expansion may help to scale social impact (Guha, 2019;Bruneel et al, 2016) Advocacy work -Influence public policymakers (Maseno and Wanyoike, 2020) -Influence other organizations (Bauwens et al, 2020) -Raise public awareness (Onyx et al, 2018) Coalition work -Build a coalition (Montgomery et al, 2012) -Sustain a coalition (Phillips et al, 2019) Industry work -Establish a new industry (Bloom and Chatterji, 2009) -Help to mature a nascent industry (Olofsson et al, 2018) Training and advisory work -Training and advisory support to individual SEs …”

Section: Social Impact Scaling Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As an overarching strategy, ecosystem growth strategy includes several more specific strategies that focus on growing or sustaining a supportive SE ecosystem as a means to make positive changes in society through activities such as organizing advocacy campaigns, developing and disseminating valuable knowledge and research, providing training and advisory services to other SEs, helping young and lessreputed SEs to gain and maintain legitimacy, etc. (e.g., Islam, 2020b;Bauwens et al, 2020;Bloom and Chatterji, 2009;Granados and Rosli, 2020;Maseno and Wanyoike, 2020;Westley et al, 2014).…”

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Social Impact Scaling Strategies in Social Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Islam

2021

SSRN Journal

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Social enterprises have attracted increased attention from both researchers and practitioners around the world. In the social enterprise context, scaling social impact is considered the main currency or key performance metric. Two overarching social impact scaling strategies are organizational growth strategy and ecosystem growth strategy. However, to date, little cumulative knowledge exists on these two social impact scaling strategies. To address this issue, this paper conducts a systematic review of 111 peer-reviewed articles. It identifies and discusses key insights into organizational growth strategy and ecosystem growth strategy as a means to scale social impact in social enterprises. Based on these findings, the current paper also develops a framework to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of social impact scaling strategies in social enterprises. Finally, the review identifies gaps in the existing literature and discusses a comprehensive agenda for future research.

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“…The economic role of a new firm formation, of a social enterprise, is to create new jobs and increase employment rate. In addition, social entrepreneurship induces significant positive changes in social, economic and political contexts for poor(Maseno & Wanyoike, 2020). Researchers have formulated propositions about fundamental innovations, leadership and operation, and scaling up in social enterprises that produces sustainable impact.…”

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Social Entrepreneurship As Seen By the Future Managers

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Volkov

2020

int.jour.sci.res.mana.

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Present society development faces a significant growth in unemployment in all countries around the world, regardless of the level of their development, and a decrease in income. Instability in the economy causes inability to meet population basic needs at the expense of available opportunities. There is a need to expand social entrepreneurship, launching of social enterprises, whose activities are based on innovative business models with a predominant focus on solving social problems. The entities` management requires training of management professionals able to deal with complex economic and social issues, rather than performing certain functions. The authors argue that it is the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship that determines the prospects for its development in a particular country. To test the hypothesis, a questionnaire was developed and a survey of students of different courses in economics and management was conducted. The questionnaire contained questions that allow us to consider the understanding of social entrepreneurship essence, the role of gender in social business, highlight key characteristics of social entrepreneurship and identify prospects for this innovative model through the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship. The study objective is to determine the propensity / aversion to social entrepreneurship in order to outline the future prospects for the formation of a new business model with value orientations on human resources. The results of the study demonstrated the importance of social entrepreneurship amid economic uncertainty and external threats. The vast majority of respondents have propensity and are ready to do business based on the innovative model of socially-oriented business. However, there is a fundamental belief in the psyche of people in economic benefits, but not the combination of social mission with efficiency, which is the basis of social business. The study could be a starting point for identifying areas to improve managers training through identification of key social orientations, which will help in the future to intensify the development of innovative business models aimed at solving socio-economic problems of a society.

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Social Entrepreneurship as Mechanisms for Social Transformation and Social Impact in East Africa An Exploratory Case Study Perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 43 publications

Social Entrepreneurs' Use of Fab Labs and 3D Printing in South Africa and Kenya

Social Entrepreneurs' Use of Fab Labs and 3D Printing in South Africa and Kenya

Social Impact Scaling Strategies in Social Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Social Entrepreneurship As Seen By the Future Managers

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