Special issue editorial: Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa
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引用次数: 3
Abstract
noting how frugal innovations can emerge from these archetypes. Stein fi eld and Holt ’ s (2019) work illustrates the growing sophistication of research on social innovation in Africa, and the potential of such work to contribute to the wider fi eld. Some of the cases in Stein fi eld and Holt ’ s (2019) paper also relate to the work of African social entrepreneurs and enterprises. This again highlights the linkages between social innovation and entrepreneurship and supports consideration of both in this special issue. Social entrepreneurs devise and/or adopt and disseminate social innovations through their venturing. new forms venturing, and the actions transformative They beyond to examine enabling and intermedi-ary actors – incubators and makerspaces – and so engage with current work on social inno-vation/entrepreneurial networks and ecosystems. The papers deploy diverse theories, concepts and perspectives, including some hitherto less applied in social innovation and entrepreneurship literature, for instance ANT and spatial bricolage. Theory is built and extended through the adoption of grounded theory approaches, and particularly – although not exclusively – qualitative methods. Finally, the papers have signi fi cant implications for practice and those looking to support social innovators and entrepreneurs in Africa, and elsewhere, for the enrichment of society.特刊社论:非洲的社会创新和企业家精神
注意到节俭的创新是如何从这些原型中产生的。斯坦菲尔德和霍尔特（2019）的工作说明了非洲社会创新研究的日益复杂，以及此类工作对更广泛领域的贡献潜力。斯坦菲尔德和霍尔特（2019）论文中的一些案例也与非洲社会企业家和企业的工作有关。这再次突出了社会创新和创业之间的联系，并支持在本特刊中对这两者进行审议。社会企业家通过创业设计和/或采用和传播社会创新。新的创业形式和变革行动他们超越了对扶持和中间参与者——孵化器和制造空间——的审查，从而参与当前社会创新/创业网络和生态系统的工作。这些论文运用了不同的理论、概念和视角，包括一些迄今为止在社会创新和创业文学中应用较少的理论、观念和视角，例如ANT和空间拼凑。理论是通过采用扎根的理论方法来构建和扩展的，尤其是——尽管不是唯一的——定性方法。最后，这些论文对实践以及那些希望支持非洲和其他地方的社会创新者和企业家以丰富社会的人具有重要意义。
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来源期刊
Africa Journal of Management
Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
CiteScore
2.80
自引率
15.40%
发文量
20
期刊介绍：
The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.
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