Strategic Management and Planning

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

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International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)

Social entrepreneurship is a potential alternative to address social problems but social business still needs to be strengthened to provide far-reaching impact. One strategy to flourish is benchmarking against successful social enterpreneurs because previous studies show that entrepreneur’s competence is a determinant of small-medium business performance and growth. Social entrepreneur competencies which drive social business success and how these competencies are developed, unfortunately have not clear yet. This study aims to build a competency model for social entrepreneurs and to find out pattern (in method, period, sources) for developing competencies by studying successful Indonesian social entrepreneurs. The reports on social entrepreneur competency model presented in this paper. This research adopt qualitative approach using multiple case study design. Data collected by indepth interviewing 29 informants, studying documents and conducting field observation in eight cities. Re...

Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research

In spite of paying much attention to social entrepreneurship in academia, such is not the case in social entrepreneurship organizations. Although to fulfill economic and social missions, managers are required to possess economic and social competencies, only few studies investigated this important subject. The present study aims to identify the social entrepreneurship competencies of managers in social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of healthcare. Purposive sampling was used in the population of managers of social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of treatment and prevention of specific diseases (such as cancer, MS, thalassemia, etc.) and also social entrepreneurship organizations in the field of treatment and empowerment of the disabled. Eight managers in this field were interviewed and data was analyzed by open and axial coding using ATLAS.ti software. In total, 42 competencies have been identified in 10 categories and 5 main dimensions including communication competencies, personal competencies, managerial competencies, social competencies and health professional entrepreneurial competencies.

Academy of Management Proceedings

We examined three strategy frameworks in the social entrepreneurship context: industrial/organization economics; the resource-based view; and the relational view. Our qualitative study investigated six cases and findings confirmed that all three strategy frameworks were used albeit in sometimes surprising ways compared to commercial enterprises. Social entrepreneurs empowered suppliers and buyers as opposed to reducing these forces, effectuated new ecosystems instead of building competitive advantage in established industries, and saw rivals as co-contributing to solutions.

2011

Frontmatter More information social entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. Theories of social change are presented to help demystify the "magic" of making an immense, yet durable and irreversible, social impact. Utilizing case studies drawn from various fields and all over the world, the authors document how social entrepreneurs foster bottom-up change that empowers people and societies. They also review the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs and introduce the new kind of leadership they represent. This book will be valuable to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students while remaining accessible to nonacademic readers thanks to its clear language, illustrative case studies, and guidelines on how to become a successful social entrepreneur.

Nowadays a Social entrepreneurship is most important field in all service and public sectors. In other ways it gives all way ofthinking in a social terms like poverty and hunger. Also it is compelling life stories and it gives a progress against increasingWorld issues of poor living and sickness. This term offers the opportunities of living and money for poor people by representinghigher level of social problems. It also gives a chance of improvement by insights process of social entrepreneur’s analysis. Inthe little business these social things, usually reinvent the fact that they have to struggle for maintaining and managing sm allbusiness with comparatively other variety of business. So usually a management can be done in social entrepreneurs in rarebasis for the self fulfilment of all data, in company these issues is ahead from many years by doing isolation, these are hoppingfor complete impact in these issues for better economic growth. There are lots of challenging changes has...

Social innovation/social entrepreneurship is a rapidly emerging field in which nonprofit and business leaders develop mission-driven enterprises. It deals with creating and leading organizations that advance social change through innovative solutions. As the traditional lines blur between nonprofit organizations, government, and business enterprises, it is critical that students understand the opportunities and challenges in this new landscape. This course introduces students to social innovation and social entrepreneurship through case studies, key readings, and primary information resources. Students will become familiar with organizations and social entrepreneurs through civic-learning projects and will begin to develop skills demonstrated by successful social entrepreneurs, including team building and leadership, negotiation, and working in complex social and cultural environments. They will explore the sources of funding for social enterprises, including philanthropy, governmental funding, and income-generating, self-sustaining social enterprises. Students will also plan their course of study in the major, including the identification of a track and an initial proposal for a project.

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Journal of World Business, 2006