The nascent ecology of social enterprise

H Haugh, P Robson, J Hagedoorn, K Sugar - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
ecology theory, we examine social enterprise population emergence in the UK after 2005
when a new organizational form for social enterprise was … of both other social enterprises and …

Surviving and thriving in the COVID-19 crisis: Performance drivers and resource dynamics of social enterprises in a nascent ecology

A Amran, N Tharumarajah, JSS Cheah - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
… This study employs structural equation modelling to investigate performance drivers and
resource dynamics in social enterprises (SEs) operating in a nascent ecology (ie, Malaysia) …

The influence of causation, entrepreneurial and social orientations on social enterprise performance in the nascent ecology of social enterprise

JSS Cheah, Q Yeoh, Y Chandra - Social Enterprise Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
… This study aims to examine the influences of causation strategy, entrepreneurial
orientation and social orientation on the social enterprise’s (SE) financial performance and …

Beyond green niches? Growth strategies of environmentally-motivated social enterprises

I Vickers, F Lyon - International Small Business Journal, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The article examines the strategies by which environmentally-motivated social enterprises
seek to scale up their positive impacts, drawing on a theoretical understanding of the role of …

Managing tensions in a social enterprise: The complex balancing act to deliver a multi-faceted but coherent social mission

M Siegner, J Pinkse, R Panwar - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
… a coherent social mission? The aim of this study is to examine a social enterprise's balancing
… an act of separation or integration of social and financial goals, we find that, at times, social

Unpacking the biographical antecedents of the emergence of social enterprises: A narrative perspective

Y Chandra, L Shang - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and …, 2017 - Springer
… These studies suggest the need to deepen our understanding of the individuals who
establish social enterprises as hybrid organizations as well as their life story and motivations. …

The role of institutional and stakeholder networks in shaping social enterprise ecosystems in Europe

R Hazenberg, M Bajwa-Patel, M Mazzei… - Social Enterprise …, 2016 - emerald.com
… There was also a commitment amongst all countries (but again most notably Serbia and
Austria) to provide training to nascent social entrepreneurs (through the National Agency for …

Local meanings of social enterprise: A historical-particularist view on hybridity of organizations

R Pfeilstetter, IG Carrasco - REVESCO: revista de estudios …, 2020 - dialnet.unirioja.es
… a large scale analysis of the nascent social enterprise sector in Catalonia, finding that the …
Nevertheless, if we hold the ecological dimension as an important variable for social value …

An ecosystemic model for the technological development of social entrepreneurship: exploring clusters of social innovation

F Gerli, M Calderini, V Chiodo - European Planning Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… promote technology transfer and adoption by social enterprises. Results reveal that current
… calls for projects on solidarity or ecological and social transition. In between macro and micro…

Social enterprise as a broker of identity resources

JW Schouten, BL DuFault - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
… a social enterprise based in a Canadian fishing village. Our study reveals that the social
enterprise … It strengthened her nascent entrepreneurial resolve, and it deepened her work ethic. …