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{"title":"Revisión de la literatura sobre redes sociales y entrepreneurship (Literature Review on Social Networks and Entrepreneurship)","authors":"Hernan Herrera-Echeverry","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2818867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2818867","url":null,"abstract":"Spanish Abstract: En este trabajo se realiza una revision de la literatura reciente sobre las redes de emprendimiento. Desde una perspectiva instrumental, se pretende integrar las descripciones teoricas acerca de como el contenido y la estructura de las redes sociales contribuyen al exito de la actividad del entrepreneur. Para tal efecto, esta revision procede primero exponiendo los diferentes enfoques para el estudio de la relacion entre las redes sociales y el proceso de emprendimiento. Posteriormente aborda las distintas definiciones y topologias existentes del concepto de red social de emprendimiento. En tercer lugar se exponen 5 modelos que explican la relacion que existe entre las dinamicas de las redes y las etapas de evolucion del proceso de emprendimiento; seguidamente este trabajo aborda el papel instrumental de las redes para los emprendedores en desarrollo de su actividad, concentrandose en explicar como los entrepreneurs usan las redes para obtener legitimidad social y cognitiva. El trabajo finaliza proponiendo algunas conclusiones y elementos a considerarse en investigaciones futuras.English Abstract: This paper carries out a review of recent literature on enterprise networks. From an instrumental perspective, it is intended to integrate theoretical descriptions of how the content and structure of social networks contribute to the success of the activity of the entrepreneur. To that end, this review comes first exposing the different approaches to the study of the relationship between social networks and the entrepreneurial process. Later addressing the various typologies and existing definitions of the concept of social networking venture. Thirdly outlines 5 models that explain the relationship between the dynamics of networks and stages of evolution of the entrepreneurial process. Then this work addresses the instrumental role of networks for entrepreneurs in developing their business, focusing on explain how the entrepreneurs use the networks to obtain social and cognitive legitimacy. The review concludes by proposing some conclusions and elements to be considered in future research.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"4 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131646570","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 Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria: Barriers to Growth","authors":"V. Terziev, N. Bencheva, E. Arabska, M. Tepavicharova, Nikolay Nichev, T. Stoeva","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3157985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3157985","url":null,"abstract":"The discussions on social and economic benefits of social enterprises in the context of Europe 2020 is the key point in a number of strategic and program documents. The paper presents social enterprises as a successful business model but also outlines the main challenges to their development. The study concludes on the main principles that should be followed by the national policies and measures to promote social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria. The problems in social enterprises development are summarized and conclusions and recommendations are made regarding the national legislation development and good practices exchange, as well as information provision, experience and competences development.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127354869","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":"Micro-Finance Crises: Effects of Economic and Psychological Threats on Group Processes","authors":"A. Dube, R. Kamath","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2804905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2804905","url":null,"abstract":"We report the findings of an experiment conducted around MFI group processes to parse the question of potential default by members, often the tipping point of crises. Micro-finance group processes entail economic and psychological costs to members. We defined these costs in terms of a given financial loss and reputation loss, perceived by members as economic and psychological threats. Participants responded to the measures of joint liability, fear of reprisal and peer pressure. The results show that members are able to make the subtle distinction between different types of peer pressure and joint liability. We also show that psychological threats perceived by borrowers are key to understanding MFI group processes, especially as triggers to a repayment crisis.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127660377","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":"Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2015 to 2016: Special Topic Report on Social Entrepreneurship","authors":"N. Bosma, T. Schøtt, S. Terjesen, P. Kew","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2786949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2786949","url":null,"abstract":"The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) social entrepreneurship activity research is based on interviews with 167,793 adults in 58 economies in 2015, and is thus the largest comparative study of social entrepreneurship in the world. This report presents a broad measure of social entrepreneurship activity as well as a narrow measure. The broad measure considers individuals who are starting or currently leading any kind of activity, organization or initiative that has a particularly social, environmental or community objective. The narrow measure imposes the following restrictions: that this activity, organization or initiative (i) prioritizes social and environmental value over financial value; and (ii) operates in the market by producing goods and services. The narrow definition is available for 31 economies. The main findings from this report include:• The average prevalence rate of broad social entrepreneurial activity among nascent entrepreneurs in the start-up phase (SEA-SU-BRD) – that is, individuals who are currently trying to start social entrepreneurial activity – across all 58 GEM economies is 3.2%, but ranges from 0.3% (South Korea) to 10.1% (Peru). By comparison, the rate of start-up commercial entrepreneurship averages 7.6% in the world, and ranges from 13.7% in Vietnam to a high of 22.2% in Peru.• The average prevalence rate of individuals who are currently leading an operating social entrepreneurial activity (SEA-OP-BRD) across all 58 GEM economies is 3.7%, but ranges from 0.4% in Iran to 14.0% in Senegal.• Narrowing down the definition of social entrepreneurship makes a considerable difference to the prevalence of social entrepreneurial activity. In terms of the narrow definition, organizations must be driven by social value creation rather than value capture, and be market- rather than non-market-based. The average prevalence rate of narrow social entrepreneurial activity among nascent entrepreneurs in the start-up phase (SEA-SU-NRW) across 31 GEM economies is 1.1%. The average prevalence rate of narrow currently operating social entrepreneurial activity (SEA-OP-NRW) is 1.2%. • One of the emerging themes in social entrepreneurship is measuring social impact. About half of those individuals who fit the broad definition of social entrepreneurs (SEA-OP-BRD) report that they put substantial effort into measuring the social and environmental impact of their social venturing activities.• About five in every ten individuals involved in broad social entrepreneurship activity that is currently operational (SEA-OP-BRD) reinvest profits towards the social goals set by the activity, organization or initiative.• Of the world’s social entrepreneurs, an estimated 55% are male and 45% are female. The gender gap in social entrepreneurial activity is significantly smaller than the roughly 2:1 gender gap in commercial entrepreneurial activity found in some economies. For the Middle East and North Africa, the difference between women’s involvemen","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117122956","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":"Developing a Social Enterprise Performance Scale and Examining the Relationship between Entrepreneurs’ Personality Traits and Their Perceived Enterprise Performance","authors":"C. Liang, Li-Pei Peng, Shu-Nung Yao, C. Liang","doi":"10.7341/20151135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7341/20151135","url":null,"abstract":"On the basis of the lack of measurement tools and the research gap regarding social entrepreneurship, three studies were conducted to develop a new measure of social enterprise (SE) performance that is empirically valid and easy to administer. The purpose of this measure was to examine the relationship between entrepreneurs’ personality traits and their perceived SE performance. The results indicated that SE performance can be assessed using four dimensions: personal issues, social aspects, business elements, and service programmes. Extraversion positively influenced service programmes, and openness negatively affected service programmes. Neuroticism and conscientiousness positively predicted personal issues and service programmes, and agreeableness positively predicted all dimensions of perceived SE performance. The results also demonstrated the curvilinear relationship of the U-shaped curve between neuroticism and personal issues and the social aspects of SE performance. Furthermore, the results showed the curvilinear relationship of the inverted U-shaped curve between agreeableness and the four dimensions of SE performance.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122307207","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":"Ekonomi Sumberdaya Alam Dan Lingkungan (Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment)","authors":"Wahyunindyawati Wahyunindyawati, Dyana Sari","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2916841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2916841","url":null,"abstract":"Indonesian Abstract: Ekonomi Sumberdaya Alam dan Lingkungan merupakan pengetahuan yang penting untuk diketahui oleh seluruh penduduk dunia, terlebih bagi para mahasiswa yang dinilai mempunyai pengetahuan lebih dari masyarakat awam. Para mahasiswa harus lebih paham dan mengerti mengapa sumberdaya alam dan lingkungan harus dilindungi agar bumi tidak berakhir lebih awal dari seharusnya. Kondisi alam dan lingkungan saat ini demikian krusial sehingga sangat memerlukan perhatian yang lebih dari sekedar mengerti, tetapi juga sangat membutuhkan tindakan riil untuk turut menjaganya. Oleh karenanya, para mahasiswa hendaknya mengetahui apa itu: Advanced Energy Technologies, Air pollution, Biodiversity, Bio- fuels, Clean Technology, Climate and climatic changes, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, Ecology Conservation, Economic and Social aspect of Sustainable Development, Ecosystem Restoration, Energy and Environment Policy, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Environmental policy in developing countries, Environmental Science and Technology, Global environmental change, Global warming, Green Energy Options, Innovative clean technologies , Recycling technologies, Renewable Energy technologies, Renewable sources of energy, Solar Energy, Water pollution and treatment, and many others. Dengan pengetahuan ini pastinya para mahasiswa akan terbuka wawasannya dan mencoba untuk turut bertindak dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.Dalam tulisan ini terdapat kata-kata yang tetap tertulis dalam bahasa Inggris untuk memudahkan mahasiswa memahami pengertian awal jika kemudian akan mencari referensi lebih jauh tentang hal itu. Tulisan ini mengambil informasi dari media internet yang sarat dengan pengetahuan baru dan mudah-mudahan berguna bagi pembaca. Kritik dan saran sangat dihargai.English Abstract: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is an important knowledge to be known by the whole population of the world, especially for students assessed as having more knowledge than the general public. The students should be more aware and understand why the natural resources and the environment must be protected so that the earth does not end earlier than it should. Natural conditions and the current environment is nevertheless crucial so it requires more attention than just understanding, but also desperately need real action to contribute to keeping. Therefore, students should know what it is: advanced energy technologies, air pollution, biodiversity, bio fuels, clean technology, climate changes, sustainable development, conservation ecology, ecosystem restoration , energy and environment policy, environmental policy in developing countries, environmental science and technology, global environmental change, global warming, innovative clean technologies, recycling technologies, renewable energy technologies, renewable sources of energy, solar energy, water pollution and treatment, and many others. With this knowledge the students will certainly o","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130339294","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":"An Evaluation of Socio-Economic Development Through Partnership of Micro-Finance and Corporate Social Responsibility","authors":"Rajanibala Shah","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2735439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2735439","url":null,"abstract":"Social responsibility involves many social issues like environmental, caring of elders, food for children and poor, disabled persons, homeless etcetera. Microfinance as a tool of corporate social responsibility provides small loans with some sort of repayment criteria, savings and other financial services to the impoverished over the world. So it has dual advantages - first it aids emerging entrepreneurs to become socially responsible and second it encourages economic development. With increasing importance of social responsibility, many big corporations have made partnership with major microfinance institutions by providing financial aid, management skills and employee training. As credit lines are easily opened because of microfinance, people who struggle to grow during the time of financial hardship or natural disaster can access small loans to survive till their financial status improves. The strong idea behind microfinance is to offer independency and economic stability to every class of society, which helps to recover their communities from social and economic downfall and thus empowers Socio-Economic status. So the paper deals to evaluate the increased level of Social and economic development because of micro-finance and CSR partnership. At the end some suggestions are incorporated to give new directions to MF-CSR program to fulfill new aspirations of people.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131141899","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":"The Entrepreneurship Process in High Performing Hybrid Organizations: Insights from Diamond Cab","authors":"Y. Chandra","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2740327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2740327","url":null,"abstract":"In the midst of the mainstream taxi business that is driven by profit-maximizing operators and taxi drivers, social innovators are breaking the established model by creating a specialty taxi market that serves a neglected market, i.e., the elderly, the disabled and wheelchair users, using an alternative compensation model and novel taxi design, as well as balancing social and business goals. This chapter summarizes a study of Diamond Cab, perhaps Hong Kong’s (China’s) first and most successful social enterprise, that has created a specialty taxi market from the ground up and quickly gained legitimacy in the new market. The study proposes several factors that explain the success of the social enterprise: a focused strategy, social design orientation, social bricolage, and informal and formal advice networks, as well as biographical variables including personal values, traits, and distress. It concludes with implications for theory, practice and policy making.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126099339","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":"Start-Up of a Social Enterprise: Case Study of Lion's Thread Uganda","authors":"Jeanette Miller, J. O'Connor","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2676359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2676359","url":null,"abstract":"Social enterprises are emerging globally as economic approaches to solving problems in society. Social enterprises are hybrid companies that combine both non-profit and for-profit missions into one organization. There is limited literature on these nascent organizations, and the hybrid nature of these companies makes their management much more complicated. This case study research looked at the start-up phase of Lion’s Thread, a social enterprise with production operations in Uganda and sales in the United States (U.S.), to determine factors for progress. Collective action is seen as instrumental in the development of this social enterprise, as many individuals worked together to achieve the company’s progress. Effectuation was strongly present in this case where the solution is shaped based on the resources available in the local environment. Leaders of this social enterprise as they became embedded in the local environment and determined resource availability, recognized opportunities, worked with and restructured systems, and through a collective action approach, created social value. Lastly, we found in this bi-cultural context, adapting the performance goals and expectations of the social enterprise was needed.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"18 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133318722","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":"The Impact of the Triple Bottom Line on Social Entrepreneurship","authors":"Wendy T. Gillis, Matrecia S. L. James","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2676325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2676325","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the impact of the triple bottom line on social entrepreneurship where the triple bottom line is defined as profit, planet and people and social entrepreneurship is defined as entrepreneurial activity embedded with a social purpose such as global warning, poverty, economic inequality, famine, pandemics, terrorism, etc. Specifically, the paper examines the triple bottom line where profit is represented by economic value, planet by sustainability, and people by ethical leadership. The paper also explores social entrepreneurship as a new area of business that takes the problem solving skills of commercial entrepreneurship and combines it with the social concerns of charities and non-profits. The paper concludes that in order for social entrepreneurship to be successful, a paradigm shift of new metrics (beyond the traditional single bottom line metric of profitability) is required.","PeriodicalId":170603,"journal":{"name":"Social Entrepreneurship eJournal","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123303427","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}