Social Business Entrepreneurship Research Articles

Technological propensity, financial constraints, and entrepreneurial limits in young entrepreneurs’ social business enterprises: The tunisian experience

As a practical challenge mainly in developing economies such as Tunisia, entrepreneurship for young people has raised concerns among several entities, primarily policymakers, especially regarding newer forms of entrepreneurship such as social business enterprises. In this exploratory study, factors that can stimulate (technological propensity) or impede (financial constraints and entrepreneurial limits) the new social business ventures of young entrepreneurs were investigated through five operational variables tested using a questionnaire administered to 120 young graduate entrepreneurs in Tunisia. Analysis of the results revealed that business creators’ (e.g., young entrepreneurs’) potential decision to launch social business ventures is positively influenced by technological propensity but also constrained mainly by four eminent factors (lack of investment capital, scarce access to finance, lack of entrepreneurial skills, and aversion to risk). This research offers several implications at the scientific and managerial levels, inferring that although conceived to overcome possible public inefficiency in both emerging and established economies, social business entrepreneurship most likely still requires public support for operational sustainability.

Relationsheep Between Social Business Entrepreneurship and Business Freedom: an Evidence from the Russian

Relationsheep Between Social Business Entrepreneurship and Business Freedom: an Evidence from the Russian

A Viewpoint on Research for Social Business Entrepreneurship

AbstractThis Viewpoint essay outlines key considerations for research on entrepreneurship, and for social business entrepreneurship specifically, considering the wide range of forms and essentially heterogeneous nature of this broad set of businesses. Themes related to practical research and key questions are outlined, along with considerations for researchers as the social business entrepreneurship space continues to evolve.

Building a Curriculum for Social Business Entrepreneurship

AbstractIn recent years social entrepreneurship has been emerging as a viable alternative to government policies for addressing some of the society’s most pressing issues. Academics have also started to take note but only a small number of institutions of higher education offer educational opportunities for students who want to become social entrepreneurs. In this paper I show how business schools are well equipped to offer a coherent curriculum for social business entrepreneurs at a relatively low marginal cost and argue that a business-heavy curriculum is appropriate.

Social Business Responsibility: The ‘Magarpatta’ Way

This case deals with the win-win situation of the social enterprise model of business. The case focuses on theaspect that the economic aspect of maximizing wealth for the shareholders can be integrated with the socialobjective of ‘Doing good’. The case also deals with the leadership qualities and vision to improve the livingstandards of not only the farmer-turned entrepreneur community but generating more employment for otherstakeholders while taking heed of environmental issues like greening the environment, conserving energy andwaste recycling. In short, this social business entrepreneurship case showcases how a threat could be turned intoan opportunity for sustainability.

Delineating the Domain of Development Entrepreneurship: A Market–Based Approach to Facilitating Inclusive Economic Growth

Development economists and management scholars have called for a more market–based approach to address the extreme poverty suffered by the billion people residing primarily in least developed countries. This article proposes a theory of development entrepreneurship that blends business entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and institutional entrepreneurship to accelerate the institutional change necessary to make economic growth more inclusive. After examining various explanations of market failure in the base of the pyramid and social entrepreneurship literatures, I explain why entrepreneurial transformation of formal institutions is needed and what differentiates development entrepreneurship from related concepts such as social entrepreneurship, social business entrepreneurship, and socio–political activism.