TY - JOUR
T1 - A short note on entrepreneurship as method
T2 - A social enterprise perspective
AU - Verreynne, Martie Louise
AU - Miles, Morgan P.
AU - Harris, Candice
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Recent work by Sarasvathy and Venkataraman (Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 113-135, 2011) suggest that entrepreneurship may offer an alternative to the scientific method in solving some of the increasingly complex problems facing modern society. This paper adopts an entrepreneurial method framework to explore how social enterprises (SEs) can more efficiently and effectively provide goods and services to the needy. SEs have the potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness by innovating new products, processes, strategies, and/or business models to better meet their beneficiaries' needs. Three case studies of SEs are used to explore the process and the outcomes of the entrepreneurial method. In addition, propositions are developed to illustrate the social and economic performance advantages of SEs and offer managerial implications for enhanced practice.
AB - Recent work by Sarasvathy and Venkataraman (Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 113-135, 2011) suggest that entrepreneurship may offer an alternative to the scientific method in solving some of the increasingly complex problems facing modern society. This paper adopts an entrepreneurial method framework to explore how social enterprises (SEs) can more efficiently and effectively provide goods and services to the needy. SEs have the potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness by innovating new products, processes, strategies, and/or business models to better meet their beneficiaries' needs. Three case studies of SEs are used to explore the process and the outcomes of the entrepreneurial method. In addition, propositions are developed to illustrate the social and economic performance advantages of SEs and offer managerial implications for enhanced practice.
KW - Case study
KW - Entrepreneurship as method
KW - Social enterprise
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U2 - 10.1007/s11365-012-0239-y
DO - 10.1007/s11365-012-0239-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874192072
SN - 1554-7191
VL - 9
SP - 113
EP - 128
JO - International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
JF - International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -