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Connecting the dots for social value: A review on social networks and social entrepreneurship
Dufays, Frédéric; Huybrechts, Benjamin
2014In Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 5 (2), p. 214-237
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Keywords :
Social entrepreneurship; Social network; Embeddedness; Collective entrepreneurship
Abstract :
[en] The emergence of social entrepreneurship has been explained at the macro-level (socioeconomic drivers), at the meso-level (concepts such as opportunity), and at the micro-level (motivations and intentions of social entrepreneurs). In this conceptual article, it is argued that the sociology of social networks may contribute to explain how and why social entrepreneurship arises by bridging micro- and macro-levels of analysis. Four different usages of the social network concept in the social entrepreneurship literature are identified: embeddedness of social entrepreneurship, collective social entrepreneurship, networking as a critical skill or activity of social entrepreneurship, and finally networking and the creation of social capital as a goal of social entrepreneurship. Theoretical frameworks explaining the emergence of conventional entrepreneurship with a social network lens are identified. These are evaluated with regard to social entrepreneurship and translated into a set of research proposals to be explored in order to strengthen our understanding of social entrepreneurship emergence.
Research center :
CES - Centre d'Économie Sociale - ULiège
Disciplines :
Social economics
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
Author, co-author :
Dufays, Frédéric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Management en économie sociale
Huybrechts, Benjamin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Management en économie sociale
Language :
English
Title :
Connecting the dots for social value: A review on social networks and social entrepreneurship
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
ISSN :
1942-0676
eISSN :
1942-0684
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis
Volume :
5
Issue :
2
Pages :
214-237
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
IAP SOCENT
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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