Role Of Social Entrepreneurship Research Articles

Between Here and There. The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Restoring the Supply Chain of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract As a cross-border, transboundary crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic affected societies worldwide, compromising socio-technical systems across geographical, judicial, and administrative borders. The outbreak can be considered a health crisis, but due to the measures taken to control the spread of the virus, it also exposed the global medical supply chain’s vulnerability. Formal authorities struggling to restore the supply chain caused serious problems in the crisis response as the supply of vital medical equipment was scrutinized. However, unexpected allies including social entrepreneurial initiatives provided bottom-up solutions to restore the broken supply chain. This paper seeks to bring attention to how social entrepreneurs respond to a crisis alongside the formal crisis governance system and generate resources related to product development and logistics. By presenting a case study about how Refugee Company’s “Mondmaskerfabriek” (Face Mask Factory) engaged with the cross-border dimension of the COVID-19 crisis, we show how a social enterprise was able to establish a supply chain and domestically produce personal protection equipment. As the article shows, both crisis management scholars and policy makers should pay more attention to the potential of social entrepreneurial activities during crisis.

The Cascadia Innovation Corridor: The role of social entrepreneurship in the making of a North American innovative cross-border region

There remains a dearth of literature dedicated to urban core-to-core cross-border regions, especially ones described as highly innovative. Hence, there is a growing need to advance the concept of a cross-border region, especially through the lens of clusters and smart system innovation policy by considering what might be the role of social entrepreneurship regarding its development. Thus, this article focuses on how an innovative cross-border region may be emerging between the bi-national Cascadia region, and analyzes the role of corporate driven social entrepreneurship in its advancement.

Перспективи активізації розвитку соціального підприємництва в Україні

In modern conditions, a significant share of social entrepreneurs whose activities are actively developing are looking for new ways to increase efficiency and external support. Given the excellent opportunities offered by social entrepreneurship, its long-term relevance is evident in today’s world. The article aims to study the problems and prospects for activating the development of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine in modern conditions. The role of social entrepreneurship’s development in Ukraine’s economy is clarified, proving the feasibility of its further activation. Attention is paid to the internal and external reasons for the activation of the development of social entrepreneurship, which makes it possible to identify sensitive objects of influence in the construction of public management mechanisms. Public administration can support social enterprises through regulatory policies, financial support, and the creation of a favorable legislative environment for their activities. According to the study results, the key aspects are the improvement of the efficiency of the use of resources and the support of community development. Social enterprises can contribute to these goals through innovative approaches to solving social problems, involving the local population in development processes, and creating a sustainable socio-economic environment. The types of innovations available to social entrepreneurship in modern conditions are substantiated. It has been proven that developing social entrepreneurship can strengthen territorial communities and stimulate interaction between business, civil society, and the state in solving regional social problems. Mechanisms of interaction between social entrepreneurship and business are indicated, which help to stimulate innovation, community, and interaction between different branches of business, thereby contributing to the creation of significant social and economic benefits. Keywords: social entrepreneurship, public administration mechanisms, community, development, activation, social and environmental issues, innovations.

Green Development in Indonesia: Socioeconomic Impacts, Environmental Effects, and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship

The socioeconomic and environmental ramifications of green development in Indonesia are investigated in this study, which also investigates the perspectives of urban residents. The data of 243 participants were analyzed utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-PLS 4) in a quantitative fashion. The variables comprised perceptions of urban residents, environmental impacts, contributions of social entrepreneurs, and socioeconomic implications. The research findings indicated that green development was regarded favorably, as evidenced by elevated levels of consciousness, perceived significance, and anticipations. Social entrepreneurship has been identified as a substantial mediator in the connection between environmental impacts, socioeconomic ramifications, and perceptions. The implications of the findings extend to policy formulation and urban planning, while also providing significant contributions to the body of literature concerning social entrepreneurship and urban development.

Role of social entrepreneurship in meeting the health-related UN sustainable development goals 2030 in India

Role of social entrepreneurship in meeting the health-related UN sustainable development goals 2030 in India

Advancing Organizational and Societal Growth: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship within Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Advancing Organizational and Societal Growth: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship within Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

In recent years, there has been a growing body of literature on social entrepreneurship, yet researchers in developing countries have not adequately explored this field. This qualitative study delves into the role of social entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka, examining how they operate and the factors influencing their choices. Grounded in social reality and aligned with social constructionist philosophy, the research engaged ten selected social entrepreneurs through interviews and applied thematic analysis to interpret the data. The findings reveal valuable insights into the strategies employed by social entrepreneurs in starting and managing their enterprises. Individual and social factors such as family background, experience, social networks, and religion significantly influence the decision to become a social entrepreneur. The study's developed model bridges subjective experiences of social entrepreneurs with existing literature, contributing to a deeper understanding of how social entrepreneurship is practiced and constructed.

Social Entrepreneurship towards Changing the Climate for Business in India

"Social entrepreneurship has received a greater recognition now a days. It has become need of the hour for sustainable growth of the Indian Economy. This study identifies the opportunities and role of social entrepreneurship in reducing economic imbalances and achieving sustainable economic growth in India. Climate change and its consequences threaten the economic growth especially the agricultural sector. Unlike traditional corporate businesses, social entrepreneurship focuses on maximizing gains in social satisfaction, rather than maximizing profit gains. These enterprises are structured as both forprofit and not-for-profit entities. Social entrepreneurs have been calling for a better ecosystem in which their social ventures could exist and operate. This will help them formulate better strategies and achieve their dual objectives. Besides, Ethical element is important because leaders who are about to change the world must be trustworthy. Around 600 social enterprises in India affect 500 million lives, attracting over USD 9 billion in capital. India is the youngest start-up nation in the world with 72 per cent of the entrepreneurs less than 35 years old. Around 70% of the social enterprises work with individuals from socially and economically disadvantaged communities, 82% work with women, 31% work with people with disabilities, and 46% work with children. The study analysed various agricultural social enterprises in India, working to improve the productivity, market linkages, and farmers’ income besides addressing social, cultural, financial and environmental problems. Majority of the enterprises are clustered around Maharashtra and Karnataka, followed by Telangana, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. More than 50% of the social enterprises are focused on providing access to products and services."

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Addressing Global Social Challenges

Objective: Social entrepreneurship has emerged as a powerful driver for positive change in an era characterised by tremendous global challenges. The research highlights the need of social entrepreneurship in creating novel solutions that balance market efficiency and social impact, highlighting the limitations of established approaches. The complexity of problems like poverty, healthcare inequities, and environmental degradation calls for fresh viewpoints and approaches. However, obstacles such as limited resources, worries about scalability, and striking a balance between financial viability and social impact can make social entrepreneurship a difficult terrain to navigate.
 
 Method: A new method called Driven Collaboration Networks with Impact Assessment Metrics (DCN-IAM) is proposed. This method provides a structured although adaptable structure for coming up with and trying out novel solutions. The DCN-IAM method assures that offered solutions are additionally new yet practical and effective by fusing creative problem-solving with rigorous impact evaluation. The following instances show how social entrepreneurs might use DCN-IAM to develop effective, scalable solutions to pressing global problems.
 
 Result: In addition, the technique's viability is confirmed by a simulation analysis by comparing its results to those of well-established social entrepreneurship models (SEM). The research project provides social entrepreneurs, policymakers, and stakeholders with the ability to drive revolutionary change by introducing the novel DCN-IAM technique and exhibiting its applicability through instances of success.
 
 Conclusion: The simulation research demonstrates that the method can be more effective than conventional methods, arguing for the continuous combination of innovation and impact assessment in solving global problems.

True Cost Accounting and Social Entrepreneurship as Key Factors for a New Food System

The paper aims to understand the problems of the food system, identify the value of food, and the role of social entrepreneurs in changing the status quo. Based on this objective, this documentary and descriptive work present a first approach to understanding the food system, and the search for solutions to measure the value of food and its key actors. The methodology was a documentary search on the world food crisis, true cost accounting, and social entrepreneurship

A Bibliometric Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Social entrepreneurship plays an important role in the maintenance of economic prosperity and brings benefits to society. The role of social entrepreneurship is growing in the light of challenges of the global economy, increasing uncertainty of the environment, the growth of social problems, and the emergence of crises in the 2020s. These derive an increase in economic and psychological challenges. Social entrepreneurship is known as the driver for solving global problems of society. The entrepreneurial ecosystem serves as a source of entrepreneurial opportunity, as a breeding ground for entrepreneurship. Therefore, exploring the topic of social entrepreneurship in the context of the entrepreneurial ecosystem becomes relevant. Social entrepreneurship, with respect to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, has been extensively explored. However, despite a growing body of publications, to the best of our knowledge, no bibliometric analysis is available on the topic. This analysis is important to understand what trends in the development of social entrepreneurship and the ecosystem exist, what further research directions can be recommended, and how the relationship between social entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial ecosystem has been studied. This study aims to close the gap, consolidate research, and identify the state of the art in the field. In total, 357 publications from the Scopus database were selected for the period of 2009–2022. The study used social network analysis (bibliographic coupling network, co-citation network, citation network, and co-authorship network) and semantic analysis (semantic network) through VOSviewer version 1.6.19 and Gephi version 0.10.1 software. The results showed a growth of publications during this period, allowing us to observe influential journals, the most productive and cited authors, leading countries and universities, impactful papers, networks of collaborations, and co-citations of scholars. The paper with the highest degree of centrality is “Ecosystems in Support of Social Entrepreneurs: A Literature Review” while Sustainability is the most influential journal in the field. The analysis identified six thematic clusters within the research topic. The study contributes to the literature by presenting the research agenda, structure, characteristics of social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial ecosystem research.

The role and functions of social entrepreneurship in economic development

Social entrepreneurship is one of the active research areas in modern economics research. This article analyzes the concept of social entrepreneurship, its meaning and the main prerequisites for the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. The article describes the features and characteristics of social enterprises in Kazakhstan. The main purpose of the article is to analyze the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan on specific examples and determine its importance in the development of the economy. Determine the role of this industry in the country's economy and the factors necessary to improve it. Social entrepreneurship involves the proper use of resources to promote sustainable and inclusive entrepreneurship that values values. Therefore, since the concept of social entrepreneurship is still not fully understood, this area needs in-depth research. The main factors that distinguish social entrepreneurship from traditional entrepreneurship are the use by entrepreneurs of economic resources and social opportunities that are innovative and adapted to modern conditions. An in-depth study of social entrepreneurship requires determining its economic role and strategic objectives. The importance of social entrepreneurship and its role in the socio-economic development of society is very important, as well as the need to create a favorable business climate in this area. As a result of the analysis, the basic concepts of social entrepreneurship were clarified, the characteristics, features, and role of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan were determined, and its functions were analyzed.

СОЦИАЛЬНОЕ ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВО КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ ESG-ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ В КОНТЕКСТЕ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ

In modern conditions the problem of searching new effective mechanisms for solving social and economic problems, leveling of social differentiation, achievement of sustainable development goals becomes actual. In this connection the article considers the questions connected with the role of social entrepreneurship in achievement of sustainable development and ESG-transformation of business processes. The tendencies connected with changes in hierarchy of importance of strategic goals of corporate management are noted, showing the importance of interaction and development of new forms of partnership in solving social problems. In particular, the importance of involvement of subjects of social entrepreneurship in the practice of such interaction as the S-factor of ESG-triad of business process transformation is noted.

ბიზნესის კორპორატიულ სოციალურ პასუხისმგებლობასა და სოციალურ მეწარმეობას შორის მსგავსება-განსხვავების ანალიზი

ბიზნესის კორპორატიულ სოციალურ პასუხისმგებლობასა და სოციალურ მეწარმეობას შორის მსგავსება-განსხვავების ანალიზი

Scaling the right answers – Creating and maintaining hope through social entrepreneurship in light of humanitarian crises

Triggered by the Russo–Ukrainian war starting early in 2022 and the subsequent movement of refugees toward various European countries, this rapid response paper provides five reflections on the role of social entrepreneurship in light of humanitarian crises. We validate two problems with the help of a problem owner from social entrepreneurial practice and suggest answers to them grounded in existing evidence documented in the academic literature (translational research approach). First, we show how social entrepreneurs can focus on solving the right problems in chaotic and fast-paced crises, and second, we illustrate measures to scale appropriately. Finally, on a meta-level, hope emerges as an additional answer. Even if social entrepreneurs should not address the “right” problems and even if they scale inappropriately, in light of any humanitarian crises, they still contribute value by creating hope for their societies, their stakeholders, and for themselves.

Social Entrepreneurial Orientation Impact On Social Entrepreneurial Intention Mediated Social Entrepreneurial Attitudes

Social inequality, poverty, and unemployment have now become serious problems experienced by the Indonesian state. The role of social entrepreneurs here is very important to be able to solve the problems of social inequality, poverty, and unemployment that occur in Indonesia. This study looks at how the dimensions or components of social entrepreneurial orientation (social vision, social proactiveness, innovation, and risk-taking motives) can influence or encourage a person's social entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions. This study uses a quantitative approach and a data collection strategy with an electronic questionnaire, using a non-probability sampling strategy, namely purposive sampling. The number of samples in this study were 185 respondents. The data that has been obtained was then analyzed using the CB-Structural Equation Model with the SPSS AMOS version 26 analysis tool. This study found that there were 5 supported hypotheses and 4 unsupported hypotheses. This research also provides theoretical implications, managerial implications, and suggestions for further research.

Role of Social Entrepreneurship in the Socio-Economic Development of the Developing Countries

The research study has been dealing with social entrepreneurship where most of the social entrepreneurs and organisations have been looking after and identifying some social problems. The article prioritises the fact that the country scenario is required to be improved with the help of the company scenario. The country scenario is equivalent to society change where every organisation through its business activities is required to enhance society, try to reduce social problems and come up with social solutions. The main findings of the article show that India has witnessed a degrading condition through less socio-economic development whereas the GNI and GDP rates of Afghanistan and Algeria have improved to a certain extent. Keywords : Social entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneur, Social enterprise, socio-economic development, social problem.

The role of social entrepreneurship in the attainment of the sustainable development goals

Despite the efforts undertaken by the United Nations to engage all public and private actors towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, the contribution of traditional businesses has been proved to be insufficient so far. Social enterprises have thus emerged as an efficient alternative to meet social needs through entrepreneurial opportunities. However, the absence of specific tools to appraise the impact of social businesses on the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a gap that this research aims to bridge by developing a novel rating system. A three-round Delphi process has been conducted by two panels of experts to identify the SDG indicators applicable to social enterprises as the main components of a three-tier framework whose weighting factors were obtained by using the Best-Worst Method after circulating a questionnaire among 100 participants. The new tool comprises a set of 28 indicators selected by the surveyed experts representing 12 SDGs, where the weight of social facet (65.3%) prevailed over those of other sustainability dimensions. The weighted sum of indicator values enables to assess the impact of enterprise activities on the SDGs. Mondragon Corporation, a leading Spanish cooperative worldwide, has been deemed as a case study for this new system.

Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy

AbstractWith the establishment of social enterprises, the role of social entrepreneurs (SEs) becomes prominent with their exceptional competencies that contribute to the sustainable development (SD) of the environment. Sustainable competencies (SC) assist these entrepreneurs in strengthening their personalities for the present and future development by facilitating entrepreneurial social activities. This study focuses on the investigation of SC of SEs with the help of in‐depth interviews and exploratory factor analysis by collecting the data from SEs belonging to different regions of Uttar Pradesh, India, through a questionnaire. During the analysis of interviews and data, it has revealed that among the eight vital SC, few are entrepreneurial resilience, empathy, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking and so forth, which are crucial for the success of the social entrepreneurial journey. This is the significant study that focuses on the SC required by the present and future generations for the world's SD with humankind and would facilitate the academic institutes and policymakers to inculcate the SC among the generations to create more social enterprises.

The Contribution of Social Entrepreneurship to the Development of Human Capital of Students

The article presents the author’s vision of the place and role of social entrepreneurship in the development of the human capital of students. The authors note that the ongoing changes in society and the economy pose the most important task - the study of a phenomenon such as human capital. Training in social entrepreneurship of students can somehow contribute to the formation of the individual human capital of a student to more successfully adapt to the modern labor market. The authors proposed a model of human capital consisting of seven components, which served as the basis for the development and implementation of a modular curriculum in the work of several universities. The article presents a pedagogical experiment on testing a modular program at universities in the South and North Caucasus Federal Districts and evaluates its results. Suggestions were made for the development of an urgent and state-important strategic direction for universities - a focus on the formation of positive human capital for students.