Model Of Social Entrepreneurship Research Articles

Enhancing Social Entrepreneurship Model for Social Entrepreneurs: A Case of AL-FALAH Foundation

This study examines the importance of enhancing a social entrepreneurship model for social entrepreneurs on the context of urban poverty. This study begins with the introduction of brief background of AL-FALAH Foundation. A detail of AL-FALAH Foundation’s organization structure, vision, mission and its functions are described thoroughly. The study documents the physical characteristics and environment of the social entrepreneurship of AL-FALAH Foundation. We measure three key characters of social entrepreneurship – innovation, proactiveness, and risk taking on the current practice of organization. We found that AL-FALAH Foundation is being proactively in achieving their mission. Specifically, AL-FALAH can be considered as innovation, proactiveness and risk taking in being efficient financially. The organization focuses on elevating their members’ socio-economic living standard through shares and other profitable investments. This study implies that social entrepreneurship model can be effectively practiced in the corporate setting which may leverage the networks in a moderate competitive business environment.

UNICEF-GOI - Here is a New Model for Child Education in India

This working paper highlights the need for a new law to support a social entrepreneurship model for eradicating child illiteracy in India based on private sector participation. It provides a high-level review of the performance of the Government of India (GOI) in dealing with this issue. It concludes that there is too much corruption and ineffective governance to rely on the state. It presents some basic data to build and explain a “future state” model. It then analyses relative roles – of the firm, of UNICEF and of the GOI – in the model. The objective of the paper is to eradicate child illiteracy in a much shorter time span using a project management approach.

Interview with Kortney Ryan Ziegler of the Trans*h4ck Project

Abstract TSQ New Media editor Tobias Raun interviews Kortney Ryan Ziegler, the organizer of the Trans*H4CK hackathon, which took place in Oakland, California, in September 2013. The hackathon brought forty transgender, gender nonconforming, cisgender, and queer people together to create digital tools and content for trans communities. Raun and Ziegler discuss the usefulness of social entrepreneurship models to trans community formation, the importance of fostering digital activism by and for underrepresented communities, and the possibilities of circumventing traditional grant-making institutions by raising seed money for trans activism through crowd funding.

Social entrepreneurship and services for marginalized groups

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the usefulness of the social entrepreneurship (SE) framework in highlighting effective models of service development and practice in mental health equity. Design/methodology/approach – Using a rigorous SE search process and a multiple case study design, core themes underlying the effectiveness of five services in Toronto, Canada for transgender, Aboriginal, immigrant, refugee, and homeless populations were determined. Findings – It was found that the SE construct is highly applicable in the context of services addressing mental health inequities. In the analysis five core themes emerged that characterized the development of these organizations: the personal investment of leaders within a social justice framework; a very active period of clarifying values and mission, engaging partners, and establishing structure; applying a highly innovative approach; maintaining focus, keeping current, and exceeding expectations; and acting more as a service working from within a community than a service for a community. Practical implications – These findings may have utility as a guide for individuals early in their trajectories of SE in the area of mental health equity and as a tool that can be used by decision maker “champions” to better identify and support SE endeavours. Originality/value – In a context characterized by increasing attention given to models of SE in health equity, this study is the first to directly examine applicability to mental health equity.

Reflected Organizational Images: A Social Identity Model of Social Entrepreneurship in BOP Markets

We develop a model building on social identity with organizations to explain how intermediary firms may alleviate poverty in base of the pyramid (BOP) markets. To further the research on both BOP markets and social identity theory (SIT) we draw on stakeholder theory. We describe how intermediary firms are able to reflect intended images across stakeholder groups to foster identification in one stakeholder group by reflecting images from another stakeholder group. Intermediaries connect BOP producers with customers in developed markets and as such are able to control which images are reflected to those customers. Customers then identify with these reflected images of BOP producers. Depending on the product, the intermediary will reflect different images of the BOP producers. Customer identification, in turn, aids in value creation for the intermediary and the BOP producer. Ultimately, this performance can enable consistent income for BOP producers, which can alleviate poverty – perhaps even more so than other interventions such as micro-financing or direct aid. We contribute to SIT by developing the concept of reflected image and we advance research on poverty alleviation in BOP markets by providing a theoretical model of intermediation as a way to sustain, and potentially create, jobs.

Creating successful business model: lessons for social entrepreneurship

This paper draws on a particular case of social entrepreneurship, by which we have made an effort to outline context, dimensions and challenges for social entrepreneurship. While social entrepreneurship is not a new phenomenon, in the last 15 years, it is growing extensively with a new breed of entrepreneur developing solutions to social problems. This paper brings insight of creating a successful business model in social entrepreneurship with the help of the case. The case is about a European international company, Vestergaard Frandsen, which specialises in disease control along with complex emergency response products. This company is directed by a unique humanitarian entrepreneurship business model in which humanitarian responsibility is in its core business and their business model is based on ‘profit for purpose’. This organisation is involved in innovating products and concepts which are more useful for the developing world. This separates them from other companies who innovate for developed countries which are wealthier regions of the world and then adapt it for other developing countries. This paper focuses on how social entrepreneurship can extend boundaries and function in different countries. This paper concludes by identifying the needs for generating financially sustainable innovation and a continuously evolving business model for social entrepreneurship.

Toward a Meta-Linguistic Model of Social Entrepreneurship: Insights from Computational Linguistics

By integrating language into entrepreneurship research, I theorize that language is a conduit of entrepreneurial actions, thoughts and feelings and I provide an integrated framework of social entre...

Behind the Curtain: A Mission-Based Model to Predict Crowdfunding Success by Social Entrepreneurs

We have a limited understanding of the decision factors that influence the suppliers of funds for social entrepreneurship, particularly when monetary return is not the primary objective. We seek to address this void through empirical testing of a mission-based model of social entrepreneurship that identifies five factors that contribute to mission appeal and thereby the ability of a social venture to attract resources. These characteristics are derived from three specific cognitive factors believed to influence an individual’s attention to information: salience, vividness and availability (Fiske and Taylor, 1984). Through analysis of both successful and unsuccessful campaigns to raise funds for social entrepreneurship endeavors via crowdfunding, we seek to provide empirical evidence to support the theoretical description of mission appeal, thereby capturing the distinct motivations that elicit sponsorship for enterprises for which profit is not the primary objective from individuals for whom return is not...

Individual Motivations to Create Social Enterprises: Cultural Impacts in China

This article presents a theoretical framework and three related propositions linking Chinese culture – specifically collectivism/familism orientation, large power distance, and Confucianism – to social entrepreneurship. The framework identifies how each of the three dimensions affects the individual’s motivation to establish social enterprises. In this article, we review the definition and two dimensions of national culture: individualism vs. collectivism, and power distance; discuss the key components of Confucian ideology; offer a review of social entrepreneurship models that relate culture and individual motivation; and propose the relations might exist between Chinese national culture and social entrepreneurs’ motivation.

A Comparative Social Enterprise Analysis: Motives, Processes and Barriers

Social entrepreneurship is a model that has a significant impact on the social transformation process. It has emerged as an effective and complementary method of achieving social change which has been poorly interpreted by governments and businesses. Today, many social enterprises are established to develop innovative solutions for catering to essential human needs. In this paper, emerging processes, advancements and organizational concepts of some social enterprises are reviewed in detail. This review puts forward that each of social initiatives has diverse dimensions, features, barriers and issues. Therefore, this article offers a comparative analysis identifying strengths and weaknesses of the social entrepreneurship model at the organizational level.

Sustainability as a driver for innovation – towards a model of corporate social entrepreneurship at Odebrecht in Brazil

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a model of corporate social entrepreneurship. The case of Odebrecht demonstrates how companies are using society's sustainability challenges to innovate, in particular by adopting a corporate social entrepreneurship approach that allows the company to differentiate from competitors and create shared value.

Impact Over Revenue: Toward a Social Entrepreneurship Model for University Technology Transfer

The institutionalized focus of university technology transfer is on revenue generation. Following a brief exploration of the evolution of the field, the current paper unpacks the assumptions underpinning the institutionalized understanding of technology transfer as a revenue-generating mechanism. Next, an alternative technology transfer model that is based on social entrepreneurship principles is proposed. The alternative model is predicated on the recognition of technology transfer as a mechanism for bettering society through value creation rather than value capture.

The development of education for social entrepreneurship and nonprofit management: Diverging or converging paths?

AbstractAlthough nonprofit management education has developed within a variety of university settings to date, curricula content of these programs has converged over time. However, recent social entrepreneurship programming calls into question whether such convergence will continue. This article compares social entrepreneurship education programming in schools of public administration and policy, schools of business and management, and religiously oriented institutions and considers whether curricula among these groups will remain distinct. Possible scenarios include convergence toward the traditional nonprofit management education model, toward the new business school model of social entrepreneurship, toward new blended models, or continued bifurcation between traditional and business school models.

Social and commercial entrepreneurship: same, different, or both?

This study undertakes an analytical comparisonbetween social and commercial entrepreneurship using a model from commercialentrepreneurship. It is an exploratory analysis of the extent that elementsapplicable to commercial entrepreneurship are transferable to socialentrepreneurship. Conversely, it explores the ways insights from social entrepreneurship canilluminate an understanding of commercial entrepreneurship. Socialentrepreneurship can be defined broadly or narrowly, but the authors define itas an innovative, social-value creating activity that can occur within oracross the nonprofit, business, or government sectors. The comparative analysis is guided by four theoretical propositions focusingon four variables: (1) market failure, (2) mission, (3) human and financeresource mobilization, and (4) performance measurement. These will createdifferences between social and commercial entrepreneurs. A commercial entrepreneurship model is proposed in order to approach thesocial entrepreneurship process more systematically and effectively. This modelstresses the dynamic fit among the people, the context, the deal, and theopportunity. For each element, the similarities and differences between socialand commercial entrepreneurship are examined. The analysis draws out lessonsuseful for both social and commercial entrepreneurs. Finally, a revised social entrepreneurship model is proposed. At the centeris a Venn diagram in which the intersection of opportunity, capital, and peopleis a core social value proposition. Surrounding the Venn diagram are the tax,regulatory, sociocultural, macroeconomy, political, and demographics forces. Todeliver the social value proposition effectively, all components must achieve astate of alignment. (TNM)

Funding - Achilles' Heel of Social Enterprises

The social entrepreneurship model fundamentally calls into question the traditional assumption that the role of the market is to create value, while the state and civil society are responsible for redistribution and social concerns. By no means, however, is social entrepreneurship in opposition to our existing economic system − on the contrary: Successful examples of social businesses offer an approach that is rooted in the market economy, in the best sense of the word, and enrich philanthropic and governmental solutions to social problems. In many cases, however, there is still a lack of the financial instruments and targeted support structures needed to create a solid and sustainable financial basis for the development of social businesses. Because of their social focus, social enterprises have only limited access to conventional funding. This, indeed, is the Achilles’ heel of this still-young sector.

A conceptual model for social entrepreneurship directed toward social impact on society

PurposeThe emerging literature on social entrepreneurship and its role in economic development and social value creation is riddled with inconsistencies, overlapping definitions, and contradictions. However, the theoretical and practical importance of developing and applying social entrepreneurship to sustain social development and enhance human well‐being in rapidly changing environments has catapulted this issue to the forefront of the research agendas of many scholars. In light of advancement, the purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of social entrepreneurship. Further, a conceptual model is developed encompassing antecedents and consequence of social entrepreneurship in an integrated framework.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on the work of others and to this adds personal conclusions from both direct experience and observation.FindingsThe central argument is that desirability and feasibility of social entrepreneur in the decision‐making process, human capital, and social capital at the individual level will have the positive effects on social entrepreneurship. The author also discusses the moderation effects between the desirability and feasibility of social entrepreneur in the decision‐making process on initiating social entrepreneurship activities. Moreover, it is argued that social and institutional environment factors also promote social entrepreneurship activities which push the social improvement.Originality/valueThe paper presents a theoretical research model incorporating antecedents and consequence of social entrepreneurship to direct a future research agenda. The paper could be used as the research model by researchers to empirically test antecedents and consequences of social entrepreneurship. Moreover, practitioners can also gain benefits from the conceptual framework and promote social entrepreneurship.

Building Brazilian citizenship in the context of poverty, waste, drugs and violence

Subject area Social entrepreneurship, sustainable development and emerging economies. Study level/applicability Advanced undergraduate students and Graduate students (MBAs). Case overview We present the case of Marli Medeiros, a community leader in the city of Porto Alegre (south of Brazil) who has been working with the local government, local firms and local inhabitants over the last 40 years to build an organization that has been changing the reality of the slum Vila Pinto. The case highlights three main dilemmas faced by Marli Medeiros. Part 1 addresses whether to start a social entrepreneurship project in an environment surrounded by household violence and drug influences. Part 2 examines how to organize a community to develop this social project and challenge the context (local drug dealers). Part 3 considers how to work with different social players to innovate and manage a self-sustained social entrepreneurship that brings social change for an impoverished community. Expected learning outcomes Understand the five main characteristics required by social entrepreneurs to achieve social change by economic, self-sustained activities: social vision, sustainability guidelines, social networks development, search for innovation and search for financial returns. Understand the social entrepreneurship model from the point of view of a female leader in a local impoverished community. Understand and analyze the social and economic context of an emerging country. Supplementary materials Teaching note.

Waqf as a Social Entrepreneurship Model in Islam

By the end of twentieth century and beginning of the third millenary, social entrepreneurship emerging has been found as a completion part of commercial entrepreneurship and governmental entrepreneurship. In religious schools, especially inspired school of Islam, noble human values and moral teaching of cooperation, Support a suitable depth to dispose of the social entrepreneurship and goodwill action. Tradition of philanthropically alms, Ehsan and charity are going to be dealt with in this article. Rich culture of Islam Inspired by the values of the friendship, cooperation and voluntary participation in the various spiritual and material activities Self-sacrifice and personal property and allocation it to public affairs and social welfare under the name of Waqf, specificity unique Islamic almshouses or social entrepreneurship in Islamic countries. The current article with micro antipathetic descriptive and analytical approach, dedicated to explain the Islamic and sustainable social entrepreneurship model for development and social welfare programs.

Social entrepreneurship compared to government foreign aid

Purpose – This paper sets out to describe several contemporary models of social entrepreneurship, along with the historical context of African nations typically receiving aid. It also seeks to critique three aid‐providing sectors – i.e. charity, government, and social entrepreneurship – with benefits and to explore the limits of each. It also aims to explore the perceptions of aid recipients in an East African village to determine their views of social entrepreneurship compared with other types of foreign aid.Design/methodology/approach – Open‐ended interviews were conducted with village elders to establish an exploratory research foundation.Findings – In general, village leaders were more favorable to social entrepreneurship efforts because they offered the possibility of self‐reliance and sustainability over time. Large government foreign aid largesse rarely reached villagers, so had little effectiveness in relieving their poverty.Research limitations/implications – Several limitations are evident with ...

Discovering Social Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has been considered as a factor of risk and reward. However, there are instances of entrepreneurship for social cause, where social well being takes a priority over profit motive. In the present study, the researcher analyses the findings from study of 9 pioneering social organization using semi-structured interviews and discussions. The findings from these studies are presented as propositions and as a model for social entrepreneurship. A model has been proposed which shows the growth and direction of social organizations. The ultimate stage in the growth has been identified as the stage of centre of excellence, where the organization works for promoting other organization, as a role model. It tries to focus on HRD and institution building activities for other organizations and institutions. Factors relating to social entrepreneur have also been studied.