Abstract
This paper analyzes the internationalization of social enterprises, which are firms that take a business-oriented approach to tackling social problems. By focusing on the impact of the configuration of their business model for their international involvement, our study sheds new insights on the relationship between the local specificity and their internationalization. Employing an unique dataset of social enterprises in India, our study shows that social enterprises in which customers and beneficiaries are differentiated, on the one hand, and do not deliver additional activities to create the intended social value, on the other hand, are more likely to internationalize. The results further indicate that social enterprises that depend primarily on donations are less likely to internationalize. As such we contribute to the social entrepreneurship and international business literature by analyzing the importance of the business model concept for firm internationalization.
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