Collaborative Entrepreneurship Research Articles

The relationship between SME financial sustainability and owners’ financial well-being in South Africa

This study examines the relationship between financial sustainability and the financial well-being of SME owners in Durban, South Africa. Utilising a quantitative research design, data were gathered through close-ended surveys from a diverse cross-section of SME owners, employing a cross-sectional approach.The study adopted a positivist philosophical framework, emphasising quantitative data analysis to derive conclusions. A total of 250 responses were collected, yielding a robust response rate of 82%. The analysis involved descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, with the correlation matrix revealing a positive, statistically significant correlation (r = 0.504, p < 0.05) between financial sustainability and financial well-being. The findings indicate that higher levels of financial sustainability are associated with greater financial well-being among SME owners, though the strength of this relationship is moderate. The regression analysis further supports this positive association, suggesting that interventions aimed at enhancing financial sustainability may significantly improve the financial well-being of SME owners. These results align with the theoretical framework of the Easterlin Paradox, which highlights the relative importance of financial stability in enhancing overall well-being. Based on these findings, several recommendations are proposed, including fostering financial literacy, enhancing access to financial resources, and promoting entrepreneurial collaboration.

Analysis of the Benefit Value of PT.KPC's CSR Activities in the UKM Tangguh Program with Social Return on Investment Approach

UKM Tangguh is a collaborative entrepreneurship education program. The program consists of required entrepreneurship material and is adapted to current developments for entrepreneurs in various business fields as participants. Economically, the UKM Tangguh program has contributed to the number of MSMEs upgrading, as seen from changes in the composition of the business scale. Socially, the UKM Tangguh program has helped change the mindset of participants from being a trader to being business person. The objectives of this research are (1) to determine the impact of the program through the social return on investment (SROI) approach and (2) to analyze the level of community satisfaction with the program. The data analysis method uses a comparison of SROI values and the community satisfaction index. Respondents in this study were all participants who were members of the UKM Tangguh program and were willing to take part in each activity session provided. The research results show that the SROI value of the UKM Tangguh program is 21.49, which means that every rupiah of investment given by the company to this program can provide added value, reaching 21.49 times. The assessment of the UKM Tangguh program from the beneficiaries received a very good rating with a score of 3.28 on a scale of 4, if converted to a scale of 100 with a score of 82.04 in the very satisfied category. The high level of beneficiary satisfaction shows the success of implementing the program.

Sustainable entrepreneurial behaviours of family members at the intersection of family firm, cooperative and rural community: a multilevel perspective

ABSTRACT Little is still known about the approach and rationale of family members’ entrepreneurial behaviours for sustainability that occur at different interconnected levels. Our study helps to fill this void by examining a multilevel web that links a family firm, a cooperative and a rural community. We rely on an inductive semi-grounded approach guided by conceptual ideas from the sustainable entrepreneurship literature. We conducted 54 in-depth interviews within a Cypriot cooperative composed of small rural family businesses. Our findings reveal that sustainable entrepreneurship revolves around family members acting as sustainable entrepreneurs. Family sustainable entrepreneurs draw on collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability and spillover sustainable entrepreneurship, which are key mechanisms for generating sustainable value at the family firm, cooperative and community levels. Family members’ affective attachment and sense of responsibility serve as motives behind these mechanisms. Our findings offer a model depicting family members’ motives and mechanisms of sustainable entrepreneurship across family firm, cooperative and rural community. This study extends our understanding on family entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship, offering practical contributions and opportunities for future research.

Collaborative entrepreneurship and social innovation performance: Effects of institutional support and social legitimacy

AbstractTo date, our understanding of how collaborative entrepreneurship influences social innovation performance is limited. In this article, we developed and tested a model that examines the effect of collaborative entrepreneurship on social innovation performance and introduced two boundary conditions of this relationship. Time‐lag data collected from 261 entrepreneurial firms in Vietnam yielded the following results. First, collaborative entrepreneurship positively influences social innovation. Second, institutional support boosts the effect of collaborative entrepreneurship on social innovation performance. Finally, the effect of collaborative entrepreneurship on social innovation performance is contingent on social legitimacy such that at high levels of social legitimacy, the effect of collaborative entrepreneurship on social innovation performance is amplified. These findings contribute to the collaborative entrepreneurship and social innovation literature and offer implications for practice.

Social media as an e-learning tool for understanding the challenges of COVID-19 for students

This paper contributes to understanding opportunities to use social media to identify the priorities and challenges of students from different countries in digital and face-to-face learning and networking during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the new reality after this crisis. The COVID-19 crisis resulted in intensive new e-learning and hybrid learning applications in higher education. When there is a shift from a teacher-controlled class environment to a more learner-controlled social media, the role of the educator becomes more of a facilitator. The purpose of the research is to reveal learning preferences and networking challenges that students do not usually share in a class environment. This paper contributes to developing social media activities facilitated by instructors and combined with international learner-driven knowledge sharing in global crisis situations. To study the challenges of COVID-19 for students in online learning and physical interaction, netnography approach combined with educators’ interventions to study students’ preferences in the Facebook group Challenges in Online Learning – COVID-19 was applied. Research outcomes reveal that the most popular Facebook polls for students were questions about group work and exam arrangements during the pandemic and work from anywhere future prospects, cross-border mobility regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic and reasons why some students do not participate in web conferences using their computer cameras. Students shared the view that flexible online work from anywhere solutions will be, for many organisations, one of the trends that will remain after the COVID-19 crisis. The Facebook group enabled international knowledge sharing, where students and educators could share their views on many issues that will also influence the rapidly changing online learning and networking environment after the COVID-19 crisis. Applying social media in international knowledge sharing involving instructors and students from different countries can contribute to learning about the diversity of views in crisis situations and enhance international entrepreneurial collaboration.

Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

Unpacking the Factors that Drive the Success of Nakshi Kantha Businesses in Jamalpur, Bangladesh

This research investigates the key factors contributing to the success of Nakshi Kantha businesses in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, a traditional handcrafted embroidery technique with profound cultural and economic significance. The study explores seven independent variables, including Financial Resources, Promotional Efforts, Institutional Support, Market Demand, International Trade Prospects, Entrepreneurial Collaboration, and Workforce Competency, in relation to Business Success in this context. Employing linear regression analysis, the study uncovers that Financial Resources, Promotional Efforts, International Trade Prospects, Market Demand, and Workforce Competency significantly influence the success of Nakshi Kantha businesses. In contrast, Government and banking support and Entrepreneurial Collaboration exhibit weaker associations with business success. These findings emphasize several crucial factors for Nakshi Kantha entrepreneurs and policymakers. First, securing adequate financial resources is paramount to sustain and grow these businesses. Second, investing in marketing and promotional activities is essential to enhance brand visibility and stimulate market demand. Third, nurturing a skilled and competent workforce is vital for maintaining product quality and meeting market demands. Additionally, exploring international trade prospects can open new avenues for expansion. Moreover, promoting collaboration among Nakshi Kantha business owners and facilitating government and banking support are essential for the industry's sustainable development and economic prosperity in the region. This research provides valuable insights for Nakshi Kantha stakeholders, offering a roadmap to address challenges and ensure the continued growth and success of this culturally and economically significant industry in Jamalpur, Bangladesh.

The Impact of Sustainable Development Goals on Collaborative Entrepreneurship and Creating Transformational Leaders Towards Sustainable Business Models

The 2019 Coronavirus pandemic has revealed a world where the status quo no longer holds, reigniting the social debate on sustainability. Many people are becoming aware of the planet's vulnerability to natural disasters resulting from our current way of life and business practices. Due to these climate emergencies, climate change's impact could cost corporations $1 trillion in the next five years.
 In 2015, The 193 United Nations General Assembly member states witnessed and endorsed the '2030 Development Agenda' titled 'Transforming Our World.' The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interconnected global goals set by the United Nations to serve as a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all." The question then arises, what should be done?
 This research aims to determine how Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) inspire collaborative and transformational leaders within the organization, thereby creating Sustainable Business Models. The empirical data for this study was collected from 327 respondents from various industries in Indonesia. According to this study, the UN’s SDGs are ineffective motivators for developing a Sustainable Business Model. However, business process sustainability becomes evident when collaborative actions and transformational leaders are utilized as intermediaries.

Partnering for impact: unveiling the dynamics of collaboration between social enterprises and impact investors in emerging economies

PurposeThis study empirically aims to examine the collaboration between social enterprises (SEs) and impact investors (IIs), which are organisations with similar interests but with distinct logics, and in high demand in emerging economies with complex problems. Despite the significant economic contributions of these organisations, there have been limited studies examining how they collaborate in different contexts, including theoretical insights explaining how they gain partner fit from resource synergy.Design/methodology/approachMainstream businesses use the compatibility and complementarity concepts to examine buyer–supplier strategic alliances. Using similar concepts in the context of hybrid organisations, the authors interviewed six pairs of SEs and IIs with dyadic relations in Nigeria, aiming to deeply understand how they align dissimilar logics in pursuing common goals in emerging economies.FindingsThe authors’ findings revealed how compatibility criteria from the institutional logics perspective and complementarity from social exchange theory guide collaboration between SEs and IIs in an emerging economy. Using these theories provides new insights that distinguish SEs and IIs collaboration from conventional theories on the internationalisation of businesses, which remained insufficient for understanding the cross-border operations of SEs.Practical implicationsThe study holds practical implications for organisations, regardless of their size, international investors, governments, organisations and individuals desiring to pursue sustainable business agendas in emerging economies with huge impact opportunities and the process involved.Originality/valueThe outcomes of this study extend knowledge of the theoretical lens examining collaborative entrepreneurship from the perspective of hybrid organisations. It also challenged existing knowledge on collaboration between SEs and IIs, often characterised by potential tensions due to the dissimilarity of institutional logics of actors.

Collaborative Entrepreneurship sebagai Strategi Pt. X dalam Menghadapi Krisis di Masa Pandemi Covid-19


 X has three services, namely pest control, garden maintenance, and general trade. During the COVID-19 pandemic, only the general trade service operated normally. PT. X identified an opportunity due to the increased demand for health and hygiene support equipment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, when PT. X obtained a project for the procurement of hand sanitizers and handwashing soap, they realized that they were not fully capable of handling the project entirely due to resource constraints. PT. X decided to collaborate with a partner company that had expertise and experience in the production of health support equipment. The research aims to identify the reasons why PT. X turned to collaborative entrepreneurship, how to operate collaborative entrepreneurship, and the role and implementation of social capital theory in building trust in the process of creating collaborative entrepreneurship as a strategy to overcome the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research uses a qualitative method with primary data obtained from interviews with informants from PT. X and secondary data obtained by observing the situation faced by PT. X. The results of this study indicate that PT. X successfully survived this COVID-19 pandemic. This research is expected to provide insights into the collaborative strategies adopted by PT. X in overcoming the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the application of social capital theory in building trust in cooperation with business partners.

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE OUTCOMES OF COMMERCIALLY-ORIENTED ACADEMIC-INDUSTRY ENTREPRENEURIAL COLLABORATIONS

This study seeks to analyse the experience of academicians from foreign branch campuses and private universities in Malaysia and point out the multi-level factors that influence the outcomes of commercially-oriented academic-industry entrepreneurial collaborations. This study is cross-sectional and follows an explanatory factor analysis research design. Data was collected from 510 academics from 36 foreign branch campus universities and private universities using a simple random probability sampling method. First, only two multi-level factors, ‘age’ and ‘readiness to collaborate,’ are significant when testing the relationship between cross-functional engagement and the performance factor ‘effective knowledge transfer’. Second, only two multi-level factors, 'age' and 'readiness to collaborate’, are significant when testing the relationship between cross-functional engagement and the performance factor ‘effective knowledge transfer’. It categorises the various types of commercially-oriented academic-industry collaboration activities. Secondly, it illustrates the consequences of each kind of commercially-oriented academic-industry collaboration. Lastly, it measures the performance of commercially-oriented academic-industry collaboration against the performance variables in developing nations like Malaysia.

The role of cooperation networks in the craft beer business in Portugal: A collaborative entrepreneurship perspective

From a collaborative entrepreneurship perspective, this study aims to understand the functioning of craft breweries’ cooperation networks. To this end, a qualitative approach was adopted, and more specifically, the case study method. The case studied here is a craft beer network in the region of Porto, Portugal. Data collection was through documentary analysis, social networks and semi-structured interviews with various people belonging to the selected network. Content analysis led to the conclusion that in this type of cooperation network, the actors involved are not only the micro-brewers, but also sellers (bar owners), consumers and disseminators. The empirical evidence shows that this type of network is central to these actors since they use it as a support to gain knowledge and as a platform for advertising and socializing. This cooperation network is also essential for business development and the feeling of belonging is very important for all involved. This study contributes to understanding how cooperation networks function in the craft beer business, identifying the reasons, success factors and advantages/benefits that can be achieved in this type of network. A theoretical framework is also proposed as a benchmark for this type of network in other geographical contexts.

Transformational health-care leaders in collaborative entrepreneurial model to achieve UNSDG: a qualitative study

PurposeThe agglomeration of specialist health-care facilities has often been restricted to metropolitan areas. This study aims to understand how health-care professionals with transformational leadership behaviors and entrepreneurial aims with a similar vision and expertise play pertinent roles in providing essential specialized health care in rural and semi-urban areas and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).Design/methodology/approachQualitative synthesis using focused-group discussions and interviews was conducted in a phased manner. For this, this study has used stakeholder-theory, and dynamic-capabilities approaches.FindingsThis study explores the intricacies of collaborative entrepreneurship (CE)-based health-care ventures in developing regions and reveals five pertinent attributes: strategic control, synergy, commitment, empathy and satisfaction. This study recommends that entrepreneurial collaboration, especially by transformational health-care leaders, can significantly contribute to creating an endogenous health-care ecosystem with advanced facilities and technology-enabled modern infrastructure and augmenting regional development.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted in semi-urban settings in India. Future research should include other sectors and regions to generalize the findings.Practical implicationsThis study benefits health-care professionals having an analogous vision, skills and entrepreneurial aims.Social implicationsCollaboration of health-care professionals and using transformational leadership behaviors can considerably contribute to providing specialist health care in developing areas and enhance patient satisfaction.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to discuss the importance of CE in health care in developing areas. In addition, it discusses the benefits of the CE model in achieving the UNSDGs and offers valuable suggestions for health-care professionals and administrators.

Choosing Collaborative Learning Options for Preparing Innovative Entrepreneurs

This paper focuses on comparing and choosing online and face-to-face collaborative learning applications for preparing students to innovative entrepreneurship. The main research question is: What are the pluses and minuses of programs with different time frames and combinations of online and face-to-face teamwork for facilitating innovative entrepreneurship and international scaling readiness? Learning concepts based on collaborative learning and improving the international networking readiness of students are presented. Estonian-Finnish business in virtual networks course, online teamwork experience of students that have participated in X-Culture global teams, intensive one semester face-to-face business development projects in the Starter programme and one-week course European and Global Horizons for Start-up Entrepreneurship in the Post-COVID World at the KEDGE Business School are compared. We analyse the pros and cons of these educational practices and give recommendations on how to customise these practices to intended learning outcomes depending on the international mobility possibilities of students. The paper explains how to align collaborative learning options to the entrepreneurial orientations of students, their readiness to launch a new venture and to international scalability potential of their innovative ideas. Limitations of intensive learning by doing programmes for team-based venture development and different ways of international student team creation for collaborative project work are explained. The recent COVID-19 crisis has expanded the need to apply online learning and hybrid learning for collaborative projects. Implications of limited international mobility of students during the pandemic on scalable business idea development are highlighted. The importance of networking knowledge for international entrepreneurship and the role of team projects for other entrepreneurs before starting students' own innovative ventures is explained. Learning in higher education should not be locked to closed e-learning platforms. Online learning can support international entrepreneurial collaboration. The paper also discusses changing trends of collaborative learning to facilitate innovation and green entrepreneurship for regenerative futures in the new normality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transformational Leadership in Collaborative Entrepreneurial Healthcare in Developing Regions

Transformational healthcare leaders having collaborative entrepreneurial aims with an analogous mission and professional expertise can contribute to the provisioning of essential specialized healthcare in developing regions. Qualitative synthesis employing focused-group-discussions and interviews was conducted in a phased manner. In this, we have used stakeholder-theory and dynamic-capabilities approach. Our study explores the intricacies of collaborative entrepreneurship-based healthcare ventures in developing regions and reveals five emerging pertinent attributes, namely, control, synergy, commitment, empathy, and satisfaction. We recommend that entrepreneurial collaboration, especially by transformational healthcare leaders, can significantly contribute to the creation of an endogenous healthcare ecosystem with advanced facilities and technology-enabled modern infrastructure, as well as augment regional development.

Dilemmas of an Indigenous activist anthropologist: Iban textiles and community development

This article discusses several anthropological dilemmas related to the researcher’s role in community development, the scholarly responsibilities to the discipline, and the tension between activism and academic vocation. I explore these issues in the context of my research and involvement in the production of pua kumbu, a traditional Iban textile. Since 2013, I have researched Indigenous and traditional knowledge as a development tool, focusing on the pua kumbu as a central artefact which is a cultural expression of ideology around family and community but is also a product for the commercial market. It is at this juncture that I engage with the community of weavers working with the women to perform an entrepreneurial collaboration by engaging the weavers to a commercial market platform with the emphasis on the conservation of the intangible aspect of the pua kumbu.

Teaching Strategies and Psychological Effects of Entrepreneurship Education for College Students Majoring in Social Security Law Based on Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

This study aims to achieve the goal of cultivating and reserving emerging professional talents in social security law, improve the curriculum and mechanism of entrepreneurship education, and improve students’ entrepreneurial willingness and entrepreneurial ability. Deep learning technology is used to study the psychological effects of entrepreneurship education for college students majoring in social security law. Firstly, the concept of entrepreneurial psychology is elaborated and summarized. A related model is designed using the theory of proactive personality and planned behavior through questionnaire survey and regression analysis to explore the relationship between students’ entrepreneurial psychology and entrepreneurial intention. Secondly, an entrepreneurship education method based on deep learning is proposed, and a teaching model of multi-dimensional collaborative entrepreneurship education practice is constructed. On this basis, the deep learning algorithm combines the characteristics of the personalized recommendation algorithm to construct an efficient Problem-Based Learning (PBL) learning resource recommendation algorithm. Finally, the proposed method is tested. The results show that the Significant (Sig.) value of students who have participated in PBL deep learning courses is less than 0.05, indicating that PBL significantly improves students’ learning ability and the ability to deal with entrepreneurial environments. The results verify the impact of entrepreneurial learning on entrepreneurial intentions. The research on PBL online learning recommendation system shows that the proposed recommendation algorithm is superior to the traditional recommendation algorithm in both roots mean square error value and mean absolute error value on both datasets. The proposed method provides a new idea of reform and innovation to cultivate social security law professionals and the cultivation of the reserve model.

Collaborative Entrepreneurship: How women entrepreneurs ‘do’ networking

Les réseaux d’affaires des femmes ont tendance à être dépeints comme secondaires, ou comme désavantageant les femmes en termes de réussite entrepreneuriale. En remettant en question les opinions courantes sur le genre et les réseaux de femmes entrepreneurs, cette étude révèle le rôle clé des réseaux de femmes dans la création et le développement de relations d’affaires solides et durables. Nous présentons l’« entrepreneuriat collaboratif des femmes » comme une puissante pratique de mise en réseau féministe. Les résultats de la recherche sont basés sur une série d’entretiens qualitatifs approfondis avec dix dyades de femmes entrepreneurs, qui se sont rencontrées par le biais d’un réseau de femmes au Luxembourg et qui ont travaillé en étroite collaboration au fil des ans. À travers trois bénéfices clés liés à la sororité, l’autonomisation et l’innovation, l’entrepreneuriat collaboratif féminin apparaît comme particulièrement adapté au contexte économique contemporain.

Scalable Green Entrepreneurship in the Post- COVID-19 Pandemic World: The Australasian Case

The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has triggered worldwide multiple environmental, social, political, and economic consequences. In the entrepreneurship domain, now it is the time for reimagining the relationship between people (employees, customers) and technology. This is very important in the Australasian area (Oceania countries, OC), which aspire to digital transformation and scalable green entrepreneurship (enjoying a broad range of social, cultural, and corporate programs and initiatives) whilst facing serious environmental, social, political, economic and governance problems. The disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis have made OC countries and a number of international and domestic companies think about increasing the resilience of their production through sustainable, green, and scalable investments and management (e.g. supply diversification, geographically closer to customers activities and delivery centers, shorter supply chains, smarter solutions, thoughtful initiatives, increased home production, smart scalable inventories, open governance, new technology transformation, adaptable management, trusted relations, etc.).
 In this article, we examine several green entrepreneurship perceptions and green investment initiatives should formed in the Australasian area just after the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the factors that influenced these perceptions/initiatives, and the consequences should they had on the political, social, and economic dynamics in OC. This article is an empirical one as the data collection process was performed by specific designed questionaries and several person reviews to CEOs of about twenty (20) enterprises operating at the wider Oceanian area (greater Oceania). The main article’s objectives are the following: (i) to analyze how the OC economies could benefit from these initiatives after the COVID-19 pandemic crisis; and (ii) to form the suitable environmental, social, economic, and governance commitments.
 Findings and proposed entrepreneurship analysis is complemented, in Section 4, by a review of the environmental, social, and governance commitments (operating as nine “financing constraints” with great corporate finance functionalities), which should operate (in the post COVID-19 era) as economic reform by national authorities in Oceania countries, through specific financial support programmes/initiatives and various policy measures, mostly for small and medium-sized enterprises. For instance, four key findings were recorded in the commitment “Environmental issues”.
 The results of the presented research, as recommendations, were referred to the adoption of good and innovative practices for sustainable green entrepreneurship in OC. In particular, the relationship between people (employees, customers) and the new technology was discussed and documented, as well as the issue of “digital transformation in the OC entrepreneurship” by identified nine (9) commitments that fully or partially support green entrepreneurship; the concept of “team-work collaboration” (collaborative entrepreneurship and solutions); and the “geospatial optimization” initiative (e.g. geospatial optimization for delivery centers) were introduced, analyzed and documented. The major findings of the presented applied research are these nine (9) perceptions/commitments as they presented and documented in this article. Also, the impact and significant influence of these findings to international and local (Oceanian) companies is obvious -because of the scalable nature of these nine (9) restrictions- particularly in the green entrepreneurship domain and for those companies involved in a digital transformation process.
 Also, in order to support a scalable green entrepreneurship, in the post COVID-19 times, we propose new financial initiatives like the Australasia External Investment Plan (A-EIP) with its three pillars: The Australasia Fund for Sustainable Development (A-EFSD); The Australasia Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+); and The Australasia Multiannual Financial Framework (A-MFF).
 Finally, the concept “team-work” and the terms “team Australasia” and “working better together” as they are related to a scalable green entrepreneurship in the post COVID-19 era are introduced and documented.