Clustering social enterprises: an empirically validated taxonomy
| Autor: | Julia Neuenschwander, Rebecca Tekula, Philipp Erpf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Knowledge management
Sociology and Political Science Social work business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Social change Social entrepreneurship Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development Organizational form Empirical research Perception Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Sociology Cluster analysis business media_common Social enterprise |
| Zdroj: | Social Enterprise Journal. 15:397-420 |
| ISSN: | 1750-8614 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/sej-12-2018-0081 |
| Popis: | Purpose This study aims to develop an empirically validated taxonomy. Typologies of social entrepreneurship are primarily based on conceptual considerations and case studies. There is a need for quantitative approaches and empirical testing of this emerging organizational form and its characteristics. Design/methodology/approach First, an item scale was developed that emerged from frequently mentioned elements in social entrepreneurship literature. Next, social entrepreneurs rated these items. Finally, the authors conducted a cluster analysis to derive a taxonomy with three distinguishable types of social enterprises. Findings Based on a cluster analysis (N = 70), an empirically validated taxonomy is provided with three social enterprise types: social service providers, social change makers and social philanthropists. Practical implications Although this research has an exploratory character, it makes a clear contribution by complementing existing typologies, which tend to be conceptual in nature, with a taxonomy that is empirically grounded. This study defogs the blurry understanding and limited knowledge about different social enterprise forms and provides insight into meaningfully similar groups across the sector as a whole. Originality/value This article fills a void of empirically grounded taxonomies by analyzing which definitional aspects of social entrepreneurship literature correspond to the perceptions of social entrepreneurs regarding the nature of their organizations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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