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Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Business

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 May 2022) | Viewed by 9791

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Tjiptono Fandy

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School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Interests: social entrepreneurship and marketing; consumer behaviour and marketing practices in emerging markets; brand longevity; corporate and consumer social responsibility; consumer ethics and religiousness
Prof. Dr. Chandra Yanto

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Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Interests: social entrepreneurship and social innovation; impact investing and green finance; sustainable entrepreneurship/sustainable production; computational social sciences

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Social entrepreneurship (SE) is not only a business phenomenon whereby firms use commercial means to achieve social objectives (Battilana & Lee, 2014; Saebi et al., 2019), but also a public- and private-value phenomenon of individuals mobilizing private resources to produce a public good/service that simultaneously addresses sustainability issues and achieves personal goals (Chandra, Lee, & Tjiptono, 2021). Despite some initial studies that indicated the link between social entrepreneurship and sustainability (Bansal, et al., 2019; Gupta, et al., 2020; Saebi et al., 2019; Zhang & Swanson, 2014), little is known about the roles, motives, orientations, values, processes, and outcomes of social entrepreneurship as a tool to achieve sustainability and sustainable development. In this Special Issue, we call on scholars across disciplines to push the knowledge frontier by systematically studying “social entrepreneurship as a driver of sustainability and sustainable development” (Calic & Mosakowski, 2016; Chandra, 2018; Littlewood & Holt, 2018), and to catalyze research along this direction.

This Special Issue welcomes original high-quality papers that offer quantitative and qualitative empirical papers as well as theoretical and conceptual work that will discuss relevant aspects of SE and sustainable business, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • How social entrepreneurship can lead to sustainable business and/or sustainable development.
  • SE business models for creating and managing sustainable business.
  • Social issues, social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and business sustainability.
  • Exploring the mediating and moderating variables linking SE and business sustainability.
  • Innovation in creating social and environmental values and performing an economic activity within emerging markets.
  • Challenges faced by social entrepreneurs in creating and managing sustainable business.
  • How organizations can sustain over the long run and maintain a good balance between public service, environmental and commercial performance simultaneously.
  • New forms of social enterprises and social innovation that aim to contribute to sustainability.
  • Social impact measurement related to social entrepreneurship for sustainability.
  • Sustainable entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Comparitive studies of public policies facilitating and/or inhibiting SE activities and sustainable business.
  • SE and sustainable business in different institutional and regulatory environments.
  • The role of innovation and technology adoption in SE and sustainable business.
  • The role of SE in fostering inclusive growth and institutional change.
  • Best practices of successful social ventures in linking SE and sustainability.
  • Using large data to study social entrepreneurship for sustainability.
  • Methodological innovations to study social entrepreneurship as a tool for sustainability.

References:

Bansal, S., Garg, I., & Sharma, G.D. (2019). Social entrepreneurship as a path for social change and driver of sustainable development: A systematic review and research agenda. Sustainability, 11, 1091.

Battilana, J., & Lee, M. (2014). Advancing research on hybrid organizing—Insights from the study of social enterprises. Academy of Management Annals, 8(1), 397-441.

Calic, G., & Mosakowski, E. (2016). Kicking off social entrepreneurship: How a sustainability orientation influences crowdfunding success. Journal of Management Studies, 53(5), 738-767.

Chandra, Y., Lee, E.K.M., & Tjiptono, F. (2021). Public versus private interest in social entrepreneurship: Can one serve two masters? Journal of Cleaner Production, 280, 124499.

Chandra, Y. (2018). New narratives of development work? Making sense of social entrepreneurs' Development narratives across time and economies. World Development, 107, 306-326.

Cieslik, K. (2016). Moral economy meets social enterprise community-based green energy project in rural Burundi. World Development, 83, 12-26.

Gupta, P., Chauhan, S., Paul, J., & Jaiswal, M.P. (2020). Social entrepreneurship research: A review and future research agenda. Journal of Business Research, 113, 209-229.

Littlewood, D.C., & Holt, D. (2018). How social enterprises can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – A conceptual framework, In Apostolopoulos, N., Al-Dajani, H., Holt, D., Jones, P. & Newbery, R. (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 33-46). Emerald.

Saebi, T., Foss, N.J., & Linder, S. (2019). Social entrepreneurship research: Past achievements and future promises. Journal of Management, 45(1), 70-95.

Zhang, D.D. & Swanson, L.A. (2014). Linking social entrepreneurship and sustainability. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 5(2), 175-191

Dr. Tjiptono Fandy
Prof. Dr. Chandra Yanto
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • social entrepreneurship
  • sustainable entrepreneurship
  • social innovation
  • social venture
  • sustainable business
  • public service
  • SE business models

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Eager to Develop Sustainable Business Ideas? Assessment through a New Business Plan (BP4S Model)
by Paulo Lopes Henriques, Pedro Verga Matos and Helena Mateus Jerónimo
Sustainability 2022, 14(2), 1030; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14021030 - 17 Jan 2022
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This article presents the BP4S (Business Plan for Sustainability), which builds on the literature about business models, as an innovation that considers sustainability as a characteristic of a business. Sustainability becomes the objective of business instead of being an attribute of business. This [...] Read more.
This article presents the BP4S (Business Plan for Sustainability), which builds on the literature about business models, as an innovation that considers sustainability as a characteristic of a business. Sustainability becomes the objective of business instead of being an attribute of business. This article also proposes the Global Sustainability Project Index (GSPI) as a metric to measure the effect of a business venture on sustainability to help with the decision-making on the viability of a project in supporting the pillars of sustainability. Additionally, a collection of indicators for the 3Ps of sustainability (planet, people, and profit) is also an asset of this article. Full article
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Is Corporate Social Entrepreneurship a (So Far) Missed Opportunity for Higher Education Institutions? Evidence from Germany
by Iris Rickhoff-Fischer, Christoph Schank and Arne Ortland
Sustainability 2021, 13(24), 13965; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132413965 - 17 Dec 2021
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(1) Background: Corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) is a young phenomenon courting recognition that is attracting increasing attention in academia and corporate practice. Nevertheless, it has rarely found its way into the curricula of higher education institutions (HEI), which raises the question of the [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) is a young phenomenon courting recognition that is attracting increasing attention in academia and corporate practice. Nevertheless, it has rarely found its way into the curricula of higher education institutions (HEI), which raises the question of the concept’s potential for further development in the realm of academic teaching; (2) Our study is based on a mostly qualitative research design consisting of expert interviews, focus groups, and a low-standardized survey; (3) Results: Corporate social entrepreneurship is seen as having strong potential to enrich education at institutions of higher learning, to establish new forms of teaching, and to bridge the gap between higher education and society; (4) Conclusions: Although our results indicate industry need and student demand for competent corporate social entrepreneurs, German HEIs have not yet integrated CSE-specific education into their curricula. However, the required competences are covered by CSE-related fields of study, which hampers the holistic education of CSE learners. A CSE curriculum needs to cover core CSE concepts as well as key competences, and the engagement of quadruple helix stakeholders requires an adjustable and transversal approach of curriculum development. Full article
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Hybrid Organizations: A Micro-Level Strategy for SDGs Implementation: A Positional Paper
by Michele Bianchi
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 9415; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13169415 - 22 Aug 2021
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(1) Background: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of objectives and sub-targets that aim to promote a more comprehensive system for sustainability, peace, and social justice. The SDGs propose a more holistic approach to the evolution of society, enlarging the responsibilities [...] Read more.
(1) Background: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of objectives and sub-targets that aim to promote a more comprehensive system for sustainability, peace, and social justice. The SDGs propose a more holistic approach to the evolution of society, enlarging the responsibilities and roles for their implementation; therefore, it is worthwhile asking who will be in charge of the processes to develop adequate strategies. (2) Methods: This is a positional paper based on a literature review about the two main topics of this analysis: hybrid organizations and the SDGs’ governance. (3) Results: The hybrids combine diverse institutional logics within a unique organizational structure as a central tool for SDG implementation. The scientific literature explains how this organizational form is capable of mitigating possible tensions and trade-offs stemming from its heterogeneity and how hybrid structures can prove to be a useful solution for SDG implementation at the micro-level. (4) Conclusion: Although hybrid organizations can be a valuable aid to sustainable development, the absence of clear-cut coordination and responsibility structures at the macro-level could jeopardize efforts at the micro-level. In light of this hypothesis, this paper argues that hybrid organizations cannot be left in isolation in this mission, especially as the SDGs’ rationality is based on a new, holistic vision of development, which exposes a risk of implausibility surrounding macro-level political forces. Full article
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