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Empirical Evidence of ‘Typologies of Social Entreprises' : A Quantitative Analysis
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2010-10-21
Author(s)
Abstract
Social entrepreneurship research is still emerging as an area for academic inquiry. Literature is fragmented and lacking a coherent theoretical framework (Weerawardena & Mort 2006). There is a dominance of qualitative single and multi case analyses based on explorative anecdotal evidence (Mair & Marti 2006), and a lack of quantitative research to confirm or discard propositions/ hypotheses which have been generated qualitatively or conceptually in previous studies. With some exceptions (Weber & Kratzer 2009; Desa 2009), no large scale empirical studies have been conducted in this field so far (Short et al., 2009). Of particular research importance is the attempt to categorize the diverse types of social enterprises. Dees and Anderson (2006) propose a framing of these types along the intersection of two dominant schools of practice and thought: (i) the social enterprise school (see for many John 2006; Neck et al. 2009) and (ii) the social innovation school (see for many Zahra et al. 2009; Martin & Osberg 2007). To our best knowledge, no empirical analysis with our research focus exists.
Language
English
Keywords
Social entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
cluster analysis
typology
social venture
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Refereed
Yes
Book title
G-Forum 2010
Publisher
Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V.
Publisher place
Bonn
Event Title
14. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zur Gründungsforschung (G-Forum) 2010
Event Location
Köln
Event Date
21.-22.10.2010
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
70380