Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Research Articles

Promoting academic social intrapreneurship: Developing an international virtual incubator and fostering social impact

This research examines the evolving role of universities as agents of social and economic change, through academic social intrapreneurship implemented digitally. Utilizing an in-depth case study of an international virtual incubator that emerged from a large public research university's internal funding, we study a shift beyond economic motivations, highlighting the importance of universities' non-pecuniary contributions to society. We unveil a unique model of academic social intrapreneurship that integrates research, entrepreneurship, digitization, and social responsibility. The descriptive case study method examines the virtual incubator's emergence, processes and activities, exploring how digitally implemented academic social intrapreneurship can address global concerns. The findings highlight the significance of achieving legitimacy at multiple levels and adopting a decentralized approach to innovation, indicating effective means for engaging diverse stakeholders and addressing local and global issues. The findings suggest that academic social intrapreneurship is a potential avenue for universities to enhance societal contributions. We present theoretical insights and actionable advice for universities, academic intrapreneurs, and virtual incubators, emphasizing the importance of promoting academic social intrapreneurship for a positive societal impact. We conclude by advocating for universities' role in fostering transformative cross-disciplinary collaborations and expanding their societal engagement in the digital era.

Human Service Organizations as an Arena for Social Intrapreneurship: A Cross‐Country Analysis

ABSTRACT A comprehensive comparative study using qualitative methodology was conducted in Israel and the U.S. to examine the goals that social workers seek to achieve through social intrapreneurship, measures of success for social intrapreneurship and motivations to act as social intrapreneurs. Categorical content analysis was used to identify recurring themes according to predetermined study questions. The research findings provide insights into the role of social organizations and social work education systems in designing policies that promote the involvement of social workers in social intrapreneurship to address complex and ongoing social problems.

How can sustainable business models distribute value more equitably in global value chains? Introducing “value chain profit sharing” as an emerging alternative to fair trade, direct trade, or solidarity trade

AbstractGlobal supply chains often distribute value inequitably among the Global North and South. This perpetuates poverty and contributes to indecent work in raw material‐producing countries, thus creating challenges to sustainable development. For decades, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable business model innovations have aimed to distribute value more equitably across global value chains, for instance via fair trade, alternative trade, and direct trade. This article examines a novel and hitherto understudied innovation for equitable value distribution in global supply chains: “value chain profit sharing.” We draw on interview and archival data from two cases of social entrepreneurs working in the coffee sector to develop a generalized model. One of the model's key features is that the entrepreneur pays suppliers in multiple installments that reflect market conditions (as opposed to a single lump sum based on prediction). We show how this can increase value creation, appropriation, and equitable distribution. Although our research suggests that this model may be highly contingent on leaders' skills, resources, sense of place, and accountability to suppliers, we find no evidence that its applications are limited to specific countries or sectors. Our research further extends extant theory by showing how “value chain profit sharing” may relieve some of the tensions often associated with sustainable business models, including distributing value to suppliers while maintaining financial solvency; creating value while pursuing a social mission; providing benefits to suppliers without curtailing their market opportunities; responding to market conditions while maintaining commitments to suppliers; and scaling without diluting benefits. It thereby contributes to the literatures on sustainable business model innovations, equitable value distribution in global supply chains, novel application of revenue‐sharing contracts, and innovative methods of profit sharing. It furthermore provides actionable guidance for social entrepreneurs, corporate social responsibility practitioners, and supplier cooperatives aiming to achieve more equitable value distribution and sustainable supply chains.

Going beyond creativity: Primary headteachers as social intrapreneurs?

This article presents the details and findings of a mixed-methods study that explored Scottish primary sector headteachers’ enactment of creativity through a Complexity Leadership Theory lens. Although policymakers emphasise the importance of headteachers and their impact on school improvement, there is a growing need for headteachers to enact and effectively nurture school-wide creativity if they are to overcome complex challenges brought about by today's political, social and economic environments. In response to the research question ‘To what extent do primary headteachers perceive their role as being creative?’, this article reports on 23 surveys and 11 semi-structured interviews undertaken as part of a larger study. Whilst our findings suggest that creativity is enacted to some extent by the headteachers, the evidence goes beyond this and identifies social intrapreneurship emerging. The concept of social intrapreneurship within education appears to be unique to this study. We identify social intrapreneurs as individuals who demonstrate creativity, resourcefulness, collaboration and determination and are growth-oriented within bureaucratic constraints. We conclude by discussing how social intrapreneurship is a valuable concept for headteachers and policymakers alike.

The role of social intrapreneurship and serious games in generating social innovation in the healthcare sector

PurposeThis research paper aims to explore how social intrapreneurs use serious games to generate social innovation. In particular, the study depicts the coproduction process between caregivers acting as intrapreneurs, patients and other stakeholders, and unveils the contributions of serious games and their key features in producing social innovation within healthcare facilities.Design/methodology/approachThrough an original case study, the article analyzes a social innovation initiated by caregivers in the French care eco-system. Primary and secondary data were used to observe and examine the successful implementation of a serious game. Specifically, caregivers in hospital designed a game that helps children overcome the stress and anxiety inherent to their hospital journey.FindingsResults unveil the role of social innovations as catalyst of social intrapreneurship and the coproduction of services. In the healthcare setting, serious games both participate in improving the stay of child in hospitals, and in facilitating the working conditions of caregivers.Originality/valueThis article brings together the theoretical background of social intrapreneurship, social innovation and serious games. The successful implementation of social innovation depends on the intrinsic features of social intrapreneurs, coupled with those pertaining to serious games. The positive outcome of social innovation benefits both internal and external stakeholders. Such innovation improves the end users' experience, as the latter participate in the coproduction of their own care.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and entrepreneurship are two essential topics in the current business landscape. However, despite the growing literature on these topics, there needs to be more comprehensive understanding of how they are related. In this conceptual article, we explore the linkages between CSR and entrepreneurship. First, we provide a definition and scope of entrepreneurship and then discuss the literature on CSR, highlighting different ways that businesses can engage in CSR. We argue that CSR and entrepreneurship are closely related, and propose a conceptual framework to understand how CSR can be integrated into the entrepreneurial process. Additionally, we identify three key areas of research in this emerging field: (1) the motivations for entrepreneurs to engage in CSR; (2) the impact of CSR on entrepreneurial ventures; and (3) the role of CSR in social entrepreneurship. We conclude with a discussion of our conceptual framework’s theoretical and practical implications, as well as future research directions for scholars and practitioners interested in CSR and Entrepreneurship.

Achieving the sustainable development goals through stakeholder value creation: Building up smart sustainable cities and communities

Sustainable development is the process of reaching sustainability, and Stakeholder Value Creation (SVC) can foster urban sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are optimal tools for scrutinizing sustainable development processes. Although SVC and urban sustainability are clearly connected, the dyadic phenomenon of the contribution of SVC to achieving the SDGs is obscure. Thus, this study explores how SVC contributes to achieving the SDGs at the city level. We performed the Cross-Network Information Analysis protocol, which is properly designed for investigating dyadic phenomena. The main findings revealed that SVC contributes to most SDGs in cities, mainly 11, 17, 9, and 8. Consensus building, smart sustainable cities, and innovation ecosystems are central aspects of the SVC contribution to the SDGs in general. Other relevant aspects are: shared meaning, networking strategy, socio-spatial & cultural patterns, technology, circular economy, sharing economy, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, social bricolage, knowledge sharing, open innovation, ethics, and creativity. However, there has been no empirical evidence of SVC contribution to reaching the SDGs 5, 14, and 15. Policymakers, academics, and practitioners can address the lack of applied research on these last three SDGs by including non-human stakeholders, the environment, and gender diversity in organizational processes, organizational systems, and partnerships.

The Ethics and Social Mission of Workers and their Relationship to Social Intrapreneurship.

El intraemprendimiento (es decir, el espíritu empresarial que surge dentro de organizaciones establecidas) es clave para el desarrollo de las entidades que lo generan. De ahí que se le atribuyan resultados altamente positivos. Este constructo ha sido analizado durante más de tres décadas; sin embargo, el intraemprendimiento social, que surge de la necesidad de las empresas de ser reconocidas como entidades que generan valor social a partir de su misión, carece aún de suficiente bagaje científico. Por ello, por primera vez, este estudio evalúa empíricamente la misión social y la ética empresarial como determinantes del intraemprendimiento social. Se utilizó un cuestionario para recopilar datos de 603 profesionales de diferentes empresas de Baja California y México. Entre las técnicas de análisis de datos, se utilizó estadística descriptiva para verificar la composición univariada de los datos, y estadística inferencial para determinar la confiabilidad y validez de las escalas de medición. Los datos indican una relación altamente significativa entre la misión social corporativa y el intraemprendimiento social; sin embargo, los datos indican que la ética empresarial no está relacionada con los actos de intraemprendimiento social.

Business Model Canvas: The Implementation Method of Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is entrepreneurs’ obligation to be socially responsible so as to create values for the community, one of which is through social entrepreneurship. The CSR and social entrepreneurship form a corporate social entrepreneurship which can strategically provide a balance between the economic value and social value among various stakeholders. This study aims to determine stages of implementation of corporate social entrepreneurship and development of Business Model Canvas to run the corporate social entrepreneurship in Sido Muncul partnership program with Parang Gupito Farmer Group. The results show that the stages of implementation of corporate social entrepreneurship in Sido Muncul partnership program in Parang Gupito include problem identification and need analysis, resource allocation and coordination, network building, intensive mentoring, sustainable innovation, getting business partners, and performance assessment. The value proportion of the Sido Muncul partnership program in the Business Model Canvas for the Parang Gupito Farmer Group includes knowledge and skills about agriculture, agricultural product innovation, marketing and distribution, tourism services, product standardization, as well as price and market guarantee that have an impact on increasing the farmers’ welfare.

Path and boundary of the influence of social entrepreneurial opportunity identification on the growth of commercial startups

Social entrepreneurship, as a way for enterprises to fulfill social responsibility, is becoming one of the key means to reconcile social contradictions in China. In the field of social entrepreneurship as entrepreneurship research focus in the emerging background, such as type business start-ups face “vulnerable” new defects, social entrepreneurship, how to deal with scarce resources, social entrepreneurship resources come from and how to create such basic problems as what kind of results is still not well explain, related research is still in a state of “cumulative pieces”. Therefore, this paper focuses on the social opportunity identification of commercial new ventures, and empirically analyzes the mechanism of social entrepreneurial opportunity identification and resource patchwork on their growth. The results demonstrate that finding social entrepreneurial opportunities is an important part of how resource collages can help social enterprises grow, and the entrepreneur’s social network allows for the mediating effect of resource collage. The more sources of “strong relationships” in entrepreneurs’ social networks, the stronger the impact of social entrepreneurial opportunity identification on the growth performance of commercial startups. Focusing on the field of corporate social entrepreneurship, our findings establish a complete chain of social entrepreneurship processes, from motivation to behavior to corporate sustainability. The findings confirm the mechanism by which social entrepreneurial opportunity identification and resource patchwork help to improve the growth performance of commercial new ventures, and also suggest that entrepreneurs’ social networks can relieve entrepreneurs’ dependence on external network construction to a certain extent.

Validating the corporate social entrepreneurship model in Imam Relief Committee

validating the corporate social entrepreneurship model in Imam Relief Committee

Convergence or Divergence: The State of the Art in Environmental & Social Entrepreneurship Research

This symposium highlights the diversity of research examining the intersection of sustainable and social entrepreneurship. It examines the forces of convergence and divergence within these two distinct research streams. In particular, the authors consider areas where there are opportunities to advance the field by building upon the depth and breadth of research to resolve three pressing needs in the literature: contextuality, scalability, and stakeholder management. By addressing these challenges, these papers provide specific paths forward to advance the field. The papers in the symposium broaden our understanding of factors that have come to shape the practice of sustainable entrepreneurship and opportunities for new venture creation to generate social impact. The State of the Art in Environmental and Social Entrepreneurship Research Presenter: Peter T. Gianiodis; Duquesne U. Presenter: Maritza Espina; St Ambrose U. Corporate Sustainability, Stakeholder Orientation, and Collaboration between Competitors: What Lies Presenter: Lilach Trabelsi; U. of Innsbruck Value Creation through Environmental Entrepreneurship Presenter: Geoffrey R. Archer; Royal Roads U. Presenter: Felix Arndt; U. of Guelph Presenter: Fiona Robinson; - Societal Attitudes Toward Corporate Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship Presenter: Sumita Sarma; California State U., Bakersfield Presenter: Sharon Simmons; Jackson State U. The Language of Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Gender-Coding Study Presenter: Rosanna Garcia; Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Corporate social responsibility in emerging markets: Opportunities and challenges for sustainability integration

In emerging markets, Corporate Social Responsibility and social entrepreneurship practices emerge as drivers of social inclusion and welfare. In countries with considerable demands for social and economic transformations, Corporate Social Responsibility provides a positive force for addressing society's major challenges such as the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this paper, we examine how two projects selected by the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD) orient their operations toward responsible management practices in a transition economy context and answer two questions: 1) Does Corporate Social Responsibility supporting social entrepreneurship pave the way for greater inclusion?, and, 2) How do the Corporate Social Responsibility practices help achieve the SDGs? By focusing our analysis on stakeholder theory, we highlight how context can influence the strategic management process of social inclusion choices. Both cases provide practical implications of how the insertion of responsibility thematic in core business strategy acts as an effective driver for the development of fundamentally important SDGs.

For sustainable social impact at Mangalajodi: change processes enabled by NatWest Bank India

Learning outcomes At the macro level, the case study enables the students to appreciate the complexity emerging market economies face in achieving economic development and environmental sustainability without comprising each other. The students understand the importance of behavioural change and empowerment of communities in projects dealing with transformational social changes. Theoretically, the students learn about the change mechanisms and organisational practices market-based organisations install to drive their positive social change (PSC) projects. At the micro level, students learn about the process of setting up Mangalajodi Ecotourism Trust (MET) – that not only enthused the local community economically but also instilled it with awareness and motivation towards sustaining its ecosystem. Analytically, at macro level, it assists the students to have a lens of PSC framework to examine corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship and BoP strategies of market-based organisations to affect social change. Application/problem solving: The case study explains to the students how the PSC levers of motivation, capability and opportunity structures were applied by NatWest Bank during different phases of project execution. As management grapples with new problems, the students are encouraged to use the levers to recommend an action plan. It allows students to apply SWOT and think of competitive strategies for MET. It allows students to think of strategies that may apply for a better management of Ecotourism at Mangalajodi. Case overview/synopsis As part of its broader commitment to sustainable development and climate change action, the NatWest Group (formerly Royal Bank of Scotland Group) launched its Supporting Enterprise Programme in India in the year 2007. The project aimed at creating income-generating opportunities for indigenous and economically vulnerable sections of society living in critical natural ecosystems. The project was under the leadership of N. Sunil Kumar, a zealous nature lover, with over two decades of experience in business strategy and public affairs and a specialty in environmental sustainability. He headed Sustainable Banking at NatWest and was head of NatWest Foundation-India. The Mangalajodi project shared the problems many of NatWest’s other projects in India presented. Poor communities that relied solely on natural resources for their sustenance slid deeper into poverty as ecosystems degraded. Lacking alternative sources of livelihood and facing scantier resources, the communities helplessly caused additional damage to weak ecosystems when they drew on the resources even more vigorously. Poaching of migratory birds for supplemental income was a huge problem at Mangalajodi; it was not only rapidly altering the ecosystem to sustain the birds but also deteriorating and weakening its ecology as a whole. Measures to eliminate poaching were failing in the absence of alternate means of livelihoods and a strong incentive to protect the birds. MET was established under the project in 2009. A decade later, it had become a resounding success. A community-owned and run enterprise, MET was providing direct employment to over 100 poorest families at the tiny village and creating income-generating opportunities and entrepreneurial ventures for many others. Poaching was practically negligible at Mangalajodi, and the community was drawing huge admiration for its role in conserving the ecosystem. However, the progress of Mangalajodi Ecotourism was paradoxical, on the one hand; its popularity was rising but, on the other hand, it was becoming overcrowded and looked ill managed. Its rising commercial value was bringing in more land developers, builders and investors, but permanent concrete structures were also coming up quite unscrupulously. There were many challenges – how should growth of ecotourism at Mangalajodi be managed? What mechanisms and practices ensured that the community was empowered enough to participate in decisions of land use, infrastructure, energy and waste management at Mangalajodi? How should MET become more competitive and innovative to grow despite future challenges? Complexity academic level The case study is useful for students of Management at Under Graduate and Post Graduate Levels for understanding the following: the sustainability of fragile ecosystems; the community at the intersection of sustainable development and natural resources conservation and protection of biodiversity; knowing in detail about the planning, implementation and management of ecotourism projects; and decisions regarding community-based ecotourism projects. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 7: Management Science

Social entrepreneurial action in established organizations: Developing the concept of social intrapreneurship

Social entrepreneurs are heralded for tackling entrenched social problems by approaching innovation, resource allocation, and the management of uncertainty in ways that escape the ability of established organizations. Although social entrepreneurship is manifested through the founding of new organizations or as entrepreneurial action inside established organizations, the latter has received far less scholarly attention to date. In this paper, we argue that the context of established organizations poses unique opportunities and challenges to individuals engaging in entrepreneurial action to address social problems, which remain hitherto unexplored. To advance our knowledge on social intrapreneurship, we integrate and synthesize the de novo social entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship literatures with a focus on how entrepreneurs in both contexts address the three core elements of entrepreneurial action: innovation, resource allocation, and uncertainty. In doing that, we offer a set of premises that conceptually develop entrepreneurial action by social intrapreneurs, and open avenues for future research.

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), Entrepreneurship, and Financial Factors on the Financial Performance of the Banks in ASEAN Countries

All the organizations are striving for the high financial performance that could influence by many factors and attained the attention of regulators and recent studies. Thus, the present study examined the impact of corporate social responsibilities (CSR), entrepreneurship and financial factors such as leverage and liquidity along with firm size on the financial performance of the banks in ASEAN countries. This study has adopted the quantitative methods for the collecting data and gathered the published secondary data from the statements. The data has been extracted from the financial statements and published CSR reports of the banks in ASEAN countries from 2015 to 2020. The ongoing study has executed the robust standard error and fixed effect model (FEM) to examine the relationships among the variables. The results indicated that CSR, entrepreneurship, leverage, liquidity and firm size have significant and positive nexus with financial performance of the banks in ASEAN countries. These outcomes have provided the guidelines to the regulators of the banks that they should focus on CSR and entrepreneurship that could increase the financial performance of the banks.

Mediating effect of corporate social responsibility-based entrepreneurship on environmental improvement: Evidence from 475 heavy-polluting enterprises

Studies have investigated how environmental regulation increases the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the corresponding entrepreneurship for enterprises, which conversely stimulates the adoption of more environment-friendly measures. This study investigates the mediating effect of CSR-based entrepreneurship on environmental improvement of atmospheric quality from 475 heavily polluting enterprises in Yangtze River Delta (YRD). The measured CSR-based entrepreneurship is relatively weak despite its significant increase in YRD during 2014–2019. The public regulations have positively stimulated CSR-based entrepreneurship and the non-public regulations have significantly supplemented the cultivation role of CSR-based entrepreneurship. The mediating effect of CSR-based entrepreneurship on atmospheric performances reaches 10.76%. The mediating effect due to non-public regulations increases and accounts for 11.80%, 18.40% and 23.05% of the total mediating effect, given the non-public regulation intensities of 0.32, 0.5935 and 0.788, respectively. The results confirm that raising the initiative of non-public regulations should be the priority of environmental governance.

The Impact of Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibilities, and Working Capital Management Practices on the Performance of Tourism Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) During COVID-19: Moderating Role of Employee Behavior.

The failure or success of an enterprise depends upon its working capital management practices (WCMP) along with effective corporate social responsibilities (CSR) and social entrepreneurship (SE). These factors ensure not only the soundness of financial indicators but also the profitability of an enterprise. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the impact of CSR, SE, and WCMP on the performance of small–medium enterprises (SMEs) of tourism sector, during the lockdown period in Malaysia. The goals also include the investigation of moderating role of employee behavior (EB) among the nexus of CSR, SE, WCMP, and performance of SMEs. The survey was performed to find out the practices adopted by the SMEs during corona days. A quantitative research method has been adopted to get data with convenient sampling technique, and PLS-SEM has been exploited to find out the significant nexus among CSR, SE, WCMP, and the performance of SMEs. The results indicate that CSR, SE, and WCMP have a positive association with the performance of SMEs in Malaysia. The results also indicate that EB positively moderates among the nexus of CSR, SE, WCMP, and the performance of SMEs in Malaysia. Stock review strategies by the SMEs during the corona days also exhibit significant differences except for no stock review. Significant differences between the enterprises show a lack of adaptation of the financial indicators that determine enterprise soundness. The study not only provides guidelines for entrepreneurs of SMEs but also helps in maintaining standards for the evaluation of the enterprises.

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Practice: Lithuanian Case Study in Public and Private Organizations

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Practice: Lithuanian Case Study in Public and Private Organizations

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Practice: Lithuanian Case Analysis

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Practice: Lithuanian Case Analysis