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Social entrepreneurship is becoming widely recognized as essential to developing economies and societies. However, we find that the lack of a clear and cohesive conceptualization for understanding the distinctive context and reliable role of social entrepreneurship is a challenging aspect. Furthermore, the research is lacking in developing country perspectives. Accordingly, this study argues that a social entrepreneurship conceptual model needs to be developed from a developing country perspective to advance the literature on the social entrepreneurship notion. Specifically, this study followed a qualitative research approach and conducted in-person semi-structured interviews with 24 Sri Lankan social enterprises by adopting the maximum variation sampling technique. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Consequently, our model explicates how social entrepreneurial orientation leads to the triple bottom line through dynamic capability and social innovation. The proposed model anticipates that social entrepreneurial orientation alone cannot achieve the triple bottom line in social entrepreneurship. Thus, based on existing research evidence, we believe that the following constructs—social entrepreneurial orientation, dynamic capabilities, social innovations, and the triple bottom line—can be integrated to provide a solid conceptual model for social entrepreneurial ventures in developing countries.

Although there is a growing interest in socially driven Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and their importance for developing countries, there is still a lack of understanding of the importance of social value orientation (SVO) and social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO) and their contribution to organizational performance. The objectives of this research are to investigate the impact of social entrepreneurial orientation and social value orientation on organizational social and economic performance. The methodology used in this research is based on quantitative analysis by using a questionnaire to gather the required data. Structural equation model analyses (SEM) using AMOS software were used to analyze the data. The main conclusions drawn from this study are the direct effect between social value orientation and organizational performance (economic performance, social performance) is statistically significant, and the direct effect between social entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance (economic performance, social performance) is statistically significant. The findings of this research have several implications for the development of socially driven small and medium enterprises: First, it highlights the importance of SVO and SEO in the success of socially driven SMEs, demonstrating that these orientations can positively impact organizational social and economic performance. Furthermore, the findings of this research serve as a basis for further research into the impact that SVO and SEO have on organizational performance and can provide guidance for academics, policymakers and practitioners. Finally, this research can also be used to inform the development of strategies and policies to promote the growth of socially driven SMEs in developing countries

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Submitted by Tatiane Vieira da Costa (tatianec) on 2020-10-22T11:53:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Mauricio Nunes Macedo de Carvalho_.pdf: 2886871 bytes, checksum: aea424b548a54355b459f554c86d179b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2020-10-22T11:53:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mauricio Nunes Macedo de Carvalho_.pdf: 2886871 bytes, checksum: aea424b548a54355b459f554c86d179b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-07-13 Nenhuma O empreendedorismo social é visto como um processo de criação de valor social e econômico. Uma perspectiva alternativa do empreendedorismo social é definida em relação ao empreendedor social individual, o qual atua como agente de mudança social que, por meio do comportamento empreendedor, cria soluções para problemas sociais. Tentativas de conceituar e operacionalizar o Empreendedorismo Social (ES) concentram esforços no que os empreendedores sociais fazem; no entanto, a pesquisa que busca capturar como as ações empreendedoras estão vinculadas aos resultados, permanece escassa. Como forma de contribuir para o avanço da pesquisa neste campo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo propor um modelo de Avaliação da Maturidade da Orientação Empreendedora Social (OES). Para alcance dos resultados, a pesquisa tem caráter exploratório, cuja abordagem qualitativa buscou investigar um estudo de caso múltiplo, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas em profundidade com quinze empreendedores sociais, localizados no RS. Os resultados da pesquisa elucidaram cinco diferentes estágios de maturidade da orientação empreendedora social, salientando seus gatilhos para o desenvolvimento e, atribuindo uma avaliação global da maturidade da OES para os empreendedores sociais. Esta pesquisa limita-se ao contexto sul-brasileiro, da mesma forma, seus resultados capturaram um momento específico de desenvolvimento do empreendedor social, no que tange sua orientação empreendedora, neste sentido, replicações em outros contextos culturais e estudos longitudinais enriqueceriam o debate a respeito do tema. O modelo de avaliação proposto buscou o ineditismo no contexto da mensuração da Orientação Empreendedora Social, ao adotar uma perspectiva de estágios de maturidade que procurasse descrever qualitativamente as principais características que concernem a orientação adotada por empreendedores sociais, em diferentes estágios de desenvolvimento, tornando-se útil tanto no campo acadêmico quanto no gerencial. Social entrepreneurship is seen as a process of creating social and economic value. An alternative perspective of social entrepreneurship is defined in relation to the individual social entrepreneur, who acts as an agent of social change who, through entrepreneurial behavior, creates solutions to social problems. Attempts to conceptualize and operationalize Social Entrepreneurship (SE) focus efforts on what social entrepreneurs do; however, research that seeks to capture how entrepreneurial actions are linked to results remains scarce. As a way of contributing to the advancement of research in this field, the present study aimed to propose a model for the Assessment of Maturity of Social Entrepreneurial Orientation (SEO). To achieve the results, the research has an exploratory character, whose qualitative approach sought to investigate a multiple case study, through in-depth semistructured interviews with fifteen social entrepreneurs, located in RS. The survey results elucidated five different stages of maturity of social entrepreneurial orientation, highlighting its triggers for development and assigning a global assessment of the maturity of OES to social entrepreneurs. This research is limited to the South-Brazilian context, in the same way, its results captured a specific moment of development of the social entrepreneur, regarding his entrepreneurial orientation, in this sense, replications in other cultural contexts and longitudinal studies would enrich the debate about the theme. The proposed evaluation model sought to be unique in the context of measuring Social Entrepreneurial Orientation, by adopting a perspective of maturity stages that sought to qualitatively describe the main characteristics that concern the orientation adopted by social entrepreneurs, in different stages of development, becoming useful both in the academic and managerial fields.

In prior studies, several researchers have adopted entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in determining students’ intention toward entrepreneurship, although the application of EO is scant in determining intention toward social entrepreneurship in existing literature. Hence, in consideration of this research gap, the current study empirically examines the influence of the dimensions of social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO): social vision, social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive on graduate students’ entrepreneurial intention toward social entrepreneurship-based business start-up. An online-based survey method was used to collect data from a sample of 465 students purposively who were studying at different universities in Bangladesh. A PLS-based SEM was applied to analyze the data and examined the proposed relationships in the conceptual model. The findings reveal that Graduate students’ social proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking motive significantly affect their social entrepreneurial intention. However, students’ social vision does not have direct influence but has indirect influence on social entrepreneurial intention through their social entrepreneurial attitudes. The research contributes to the body of knowledge in the existing social entrepreneurship literature as well as provides practical implications for the policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working toward flourishing of social-based entrepreneurship, venture, and start-up.

In the knowledge era, new forms of organizing and managing firms emerge to adapt to new situations. One such new form of organizational management is ambidextrous leadership. Ambidextrous leadership combines opening leader behaviors, such as promoting creativity, and closing leader behaviors, such as accomplishing objectives and adhering to norms. Thus, the aim is to demonstrate that a social orientation is not at odds with measures of operational performance other than profitability. The purpose of this study is to examine how ambidextrous leadership is linked to social entrepreneurial orientation and how this in turn affects operational performance. This is done through a rigorous review of the literature.

Purpose Despite growing scholarly interest in social entrepreneurs and the social enterprises (SE) they create, few studies have examined the hybridity of SE including, surprisingly, whether they adopt an entrepreneurial orientation (EO). One explanation for this may be the continuing lack of an appropriate scale measuring social entrepreneurship orientation (SEO). The purpose of this paper is to address this research gap by proposing an initial SEO scale based on input from scholars in the fields of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach This study employed mixed methods and a two stage design. In stage 1, a Delphi study with 18 researchers with expertise of investigating entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship was used to generate constructs combining aspects of both social and EOs. In stage 2, the authors assessed the face validity of the derived items from the Delphi study by conducting a survey with 82 such experts. Findings This paper provides fresh empirical insights into how SEO can be measured by proposing, for the first time, a 12 item scale with four dimensions for the first time. Research limitations/implications The authors recommend that future studies employ quantitative methods, particularly with firms exhibiting differing levels of the “socialness” dimension which the authors propose and that such studies involve a variety of research informants. Statistical analysis of data collected across large sample sizes will help evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale which the authors propose. Practical implications This paper includes implications for future research based on the proposed SEO measurement scale. Originality/value This paper develops the first SEO scale based on empirical data collected from experts in the fields of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.