Growing up from In-Betweeners

Alternatives to Hybridity in Social Entrepreneurship Research

verfasst von

Othmar Manfred Lehner, Christiana Weber

Abstract

Social ventures (SVs) based on social entrepreneurship are often labeled in the literature as hybrids because of their inherent different institutional logics between social and commercial thinking. As one potential consequence, it is further argued that these not-yet institutionalized organizational forms lack legitimacy. In this conceptual paper, we articulate our concerns with this trend in social entrepreneurship research. We propose configuration theory as an alternative approach to move forward and argue that from a configurational lens such SVs can be identified as distinct, yet coherent configurations driven by their intrinsic and idiosyncratic value bundles and related value creation goals. We demonstrate how this helps overcome the raised concerns and contribute to the literature on social entrepreneurship and configuration theory.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Strategische Unternehmensführung und Organisation

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Oxford
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Entrepreneurship Research Journal

Band

10

Anzahl der Seiten

13

ISSN

2194-6175

Publikationsdatum

07.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Betriebswirtschaft und Internationales Management, Strategie und Management, Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2018-0099 (Zugang: Geschlossen)