A process-based view of social entrepreneurship: from opportunity identification to scaling-up social change in the case of San Patrignano
A process-based view of social entrepreneurship: from opportunity identification to scaling-up social change in the case of San Patrignano
The assumption of a strong connection between entrepreneurship and economic growth has led to the neglect of entrepreneurial processes in the social sectors. Based on the findings of an in-depth longitudinal case study, our article focuses on social entrepreneurship (SE) processes designed to exploit innovation that explicitly addresses complex social problems. We elaborate on the characteristics of the process and on the dimensions intervening on how social entrepreneurial opportunities are identified, evaluated, exploited and scaled up. We provide a process-based view of SE, suggesting the need for consistency between individual, organizational and contextual elements.
social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial process, social innovation, intervening dimensions
515-534
Perrini, Francesco
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Vurro, Clodia
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Costanzo, Laura A.
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October 2010
Perrini, Francesco
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Vurro, Clodia
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Costanzo, Laura A.
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Perrini, Francesco, Vurro, Clodia and Costanzo, Laura A.
(2010)
A process-based view of social entrepreneurship: from opportunity identification to scaling-up social change in the case of San Patrignano.
[in special issue: Innovation for Social Enterprise: Interdisciplinary and Cultural Perspectives]
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 22 (6), .
(doi:10.1080/08985626.2010.488402).
Abstract
The assumption of a strong connection between entrepreneurship and economic growth has led to the neglect of entrepreneurial processes in the social sectors. Based on the findings of an in-depth longitudinal case study, our article focuses on social entrepreneurship (SE) processes designed to exploit innovation that explicitly addresses complex social problems. We elaborate on the characteristics of the process and on the dimensions intervening on how social entrepreneurial opportunities are identified, evaluated, exploited and scaled up. We provide a process-based view of SE, suggesting the need for consistency between individual, organizational and contextual elements.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 21 October 2010
Published date: October 2010
Keywords:
social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial process, social innovation, intervening dimensions
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Southampton Business School
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378104
ISSN: 0898-5626
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Clodia Vurro
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