Supporting the transition from unemployment to self-employment—a comparative analysis of governmental support programs across Europe

Haas, Melvin; Vogel, Peter

doi:10.4337/9781783472338.00009

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“…Second, we argue that the way that necessity entrepreneurs engage in the entrepreneurial process in a given environment depends on the absence or presence of supportive institutional levers, which we defined above as agencies that seek to foster entrepreneurial activity and ease venture founding through the provision of various types of aid. We focus on two main types of levers-intermediary organizations (e.g., Dutt, Hawn, Vidal, Chatterji, McGahan, & Mitchell, 2016;Mair et al, 2012), and government programs (Haas & Vogel, 2016). For example, in developing environments, finance providers such as microfinance institutions provide small loans that help entrepreneurs get started (Chliova et al, 2015;Helms, 2006;Morduch, 2000), while assisting and capacity-building institutions provide training to those at the bottom of the economic pyramid (Mair et al, 2012;McKague et al, 2015).…”

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“…For example, in developing environments, finance providers such as microfinance institutions provide small loans that help entrepreneurs get started (Chliova et al, 2015;Helms, 2006;Morduch, 2000), while assisting and capacity-building institutions provide training to those at the bottom of the economic pyramid (Mair et al, 2012;McKague et al, 2015). In developed environments, government-sponsored programs designed to help the unemployed transition to entrepreneurship offer financial support and training to participants (Haas & Vogel, 2016).…”

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“…In developed environments, governmental programs that seek to help individuals transition from unemployment to self-employment (Haas & Vogel, 2016) are a common institutional lever. A key feature of these entrepreneurship supporting programs is that they afford participants time to craft value propositions around their business ideas, as well as to organize and launch their ventures (e.g., Dencker et al, 2009a).…”

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“…through training and skill development, to conceive of a broader and more expansive range of opportunities than they would in the absence of these levers. For example, government programs may help necessity entrepreneurs tap into larger networks of reference to know what works and what does not work, augmenting their knowledge and cognition about the entrepreneurial process in the particular settings where they are situated (Haas & Vogel, 2016). As a result, these levers help channel what necessity entrepreneurs know and what they can do into a different path than the imitative one, leading to unique offerings and/or different customer segments.…”

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Reconceptualizing Necessity Entrepreneurship: A Contextualized Framework of Entrepreneurial Processes Under the Condition of Basic Needs

Dencker

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Scholarly interest in necessity entrepreneurship has risen steadily over the last four decades, with much of the research in this area focused on distinguishing individuals who are pushed into entrepreneurship by negative factors such as unemployment, from those who are pulled into it by its attractiveness. Yet, although past research has extended knowledge considerably, the dichotomous framing commonly employed in studies in this realm has limited theoretical development, as it ignores important variation among necessity entrepreneurs and, hence, the processes by which they engage in entrepreneurship. In this paper, we seek to reconceptualize the necessity entrepreneurship construct by drawing on a motivational theory of necessity to predict how variation in founders' basic needs influences the entrepreneurial process, conditional on the level of their human capital endowments, the environmental context in which they are embedded, and the presence of supportive institutional levers. We conclude by discussing the implications of our study and the potential ways in which our theory can be tested and extended.

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Section: Variation In Entrepreneurial Processes Under the Condition Of Basic Needsmentioning

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Section: Low Levels Of Human Capital Endowments In a Developed Environment In Proposition 1amentioning

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Reconceptualizing Necessity Entrepreneurship: A Contextualized Framework of Entrepreneurial Processes Under the Condition of Basic Needs

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“…Some SEPs provide financial support for start-up business expenses and/or cover living expenses during participation (Baumgartner and Caliendo, 2008). Regardless of their design, SEPs primarily focus on building human capital among prospective entrepreneurs with the aim of granting them skills to create businesses that foster their economic self-sufficiency (Michaelides and Benus, 2012;Haas and Vogel, 2013).…”

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Social enterprise self-employment programs

Weaver

2016

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce social enterprise self-employment programs (SEPs) as a two-dimensional human capital investment strategy that can potentially advance economic development. Design/methodology/approach SEPs are frequently utilized as a tool for increasing economic self-sufficiency in poor communities. Literature discussing the use of commercial enterprise SEPs to increase economic development highlights the potential for creatingthe similar programs geared toward creating social enterprises. Human capital theory is used to illustrate how social enterprise SEPs can foster human capital, a predictor of economic growth and development. Examples of existing social enterprise SEPs are discussed to highlight how they can be designed. Cases of human capital-oriented social enterprises are also used to outline different business forms social enterprise SEPs can help create. Findings This general review paper suggests that social enterprise SEPs can be a sound two-dimensional human capital investment strategy. It argues that social enterprise SEPs can train aspiring social entrepreneurs to create businesses than subsequently foster human capital in their local communities. Research limitations/implications This paper introduces the concept of social enterprise SEPs, opening up a new area of research for scholars to explore. Researchers should examine participant and organizational factors of existing social enterprise SEPs to assess their impact, as literature has linked them to success rates of commercial SEPs. Practical implications This paper emphasizes the need for SEPs to offer task-related training as opposed to general business training to prepare social entrepreneurs in effort to run successful social enterprises. Originality/value The concept of social enterprise SEPs is new, and literature pertaining to it is scarce. This paper introduces them as a tool for attending to community problems while equipping future generations of social entrepreneurs with the skills to create social enterprises.

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