{"title":"Social Entrepreneurship in Argentina","authors":"Leila Mucarsel, M. Bhat, Blanca M. Ramos","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter, “Social Entrepreneurship in Argentina: The Role of Mission-Driven Organizations on the Pathway to Inclusive Growth,” presents an overview of Argentina’s socioeconomic trends and examines its social entrepreneurship ecosystem by analyzing key players, challenges, and opportunities. The authors find that the sector’s organizations bridged social and pro-employment policies with marginalized groups, channeled key social and environmental issues that inspired new public policies, and piloted social innovations within the development sector. The chapter highlights the need to increase their participation in policy since this is key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which require social legitimacy and bottom-up experimentation. Globally, many nations seeking to boost economic growth while tackling such complex issues as climate change and inequalities. This poses the question: How can growth become more inclusive, sustainable, and “smart” (innovation-led)? The Argentine experience illustrates how and why social enterprises and civil society organizations can play a strategic role in this agenda.","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130171193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Enterprise in Taiwan","authors":"Yi-Jung Wu","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0014","url":null,"abstract":"In “Social Enterprise in Taiwan: Economic and Social Welfare Transition,” the author introduces the economic and welfare journey of Taiwan over the past century and discusses how the newly blossomed business model of social enterprise shapes the social welfare and economic disciplines in the modern development of Taiwan. The implication of social enterprise starts in 2007. The planning process reveals the interdependency between economic and welfare development and extends the discussions to public–private collaboration on resolving social problems. In 2014, the government announced its phase-one plan “2014–2016 Social Enterprise Action Plan.” The Ministries of Labor, Economic Affairs, Interior, and Health and Welfare have collaborated for policy integration and action planning since then. By the end of 2019, there were 455 various-sized enterprises registered on the list of social innovative organizations. Many social enterprises progress to become B corporations. By November 2019, there were already 25 B corporations in Taiwan, with 8 of them honored as “the best for the world 2019.”","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125929175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immigrant Entrepreneurship","authors":"Wonhyung Lee, S. Black","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Many immigrants move to a new country seeking to create a new life with the hope of having more opportunities for themselves as well as other family members. Some of these immigrants use their former experience and ambition to create small businesses, which is often the only viable means available to them to achieve economic prosperity. In this chapter on “Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Economic and Social Development” the authors discuss immigrant entrepreneurship in the context of commercial and social entrepreneurships, focusing on the trends in the past three decades in the United States. First, the authors examine the contributions that these immigrant entrepreneurs make both on a local as well as national basis. Second, they discuss immigrant entrepreneurship in terms of social enterprise development. The authors then provide a discussion on the implications for research and practice.","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"273 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122951184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Enterprises as Integrative Resources, Strategies, and Models","authors":"Paul Miesing","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter on “Social Enterprises as Integrative Resources, Strategies, and Models” provides the framework for the rest of this section and text. It first describes the global social and economic problems that neo-conservative orthodoxy and public policy have not been able to correct. That is followed by articulating the basic premise that enterprises that simultaneously pursue both financial and social objectives achieve greater impact. The next section presents characteristics of business models and social enterprises, along with a template to create a social business model. The “strategy tripod” integrates these strategy and organization aspects by considering the micro (enterprise resources and core competences), macro (national institutions), and mezzo (industry forces) levels of enterprise strategy. Last, 10 exemplars are provided that have synthesized these concepts to alleviate a variety of disparities in different countries. The conclusion provides general lessons, and Appendix A outlines the salient elements that a social enterprise plan should contain.","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115173918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where There Is No Formal Social Welfare System for an Indigenous People","authors":"E. Otenyo, M. Harris, K. Askew","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter on “Where There Is No Formal Social Welfare System for an Indigenous People: Entrepreneurship, Watchmen, and the Reinvention of the Maasai Warrior” addresses the transformation of the Maasai moranism (warrior society). As a marginalized indigenous group, the Maasai have not benefitted from any important social welfare or safety net programs. The chapter interrogates the evolution of an entrepreneurial spirit among young Maasai men who have joined the ranks of the massive informal sector to become watchmen (security guards) in cities and small townships in both Kenya and Tanzania. The chapter draws from ethnographic narratives about the “fierceness” of the Maasai in global capitalist expansion and their economic marginalization. The overriding question is: In what ways is the proliferation of the phenomenon of Maasai watchmen a reaction to the community’s marginalization?","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127925232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Economic and Social Development","authors":"K. Briar-Lawson, Mizanur R. Miah","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518298.003.0017","url":null,"abstract":"In “Integrating Social and Economic Development: Rationale, Models, and Limitations,” multiple levels of social and economic development are examined. In most nations, economic development is not well connected to social development, especially social welfare and social protections. This chapter explores more progressive development that offsets distorted development and its harms. Special attention is devoted to the well-being of the social entrepreneur and ecosystems of support. Integrative approaches are addressed, including conceptual frames, the leadership of the United Nations and its Sustainable Development Goals, and some of the academic disciplines that can contribute to more integrative thinking, approaches, policies, and research. Mechanisms for integration are discussed, along with attention to growth that promotes more inclusive economies.","PeriodicalId":162433,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123780616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}