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Understanding opportunities in social entrepreneurship : a critical realist abstraction

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Hu, Xiaoti, Marlow, Susan, Zimmermann, Angelika, Martin, Lee and Frank, Regina (2020) Understanding opportunities in social entrepreneurship : a critical realist abstraction. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice , 44 (5). pp. 1032-1056. doi:10.1177/1042258719879633 ISSN 1042-2587.

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Abstract

This article extends social entrepreneurship (SE) research by drawing upon a critical realist perspective to analyse dynamic structure/agency relations in SE opportunity emergence, illustrated by empirical evidence. Our findings demonstrate an agential aspect (opportunity actualisation following a path-dependent seeding-growing-shaping process) and a structural aspect (institutional, cognitive and embedded structures necessary for SE opportunity emergence) related to SE opportunities. These structures provide three boundary conditions for SE agency: institutional discrimination, an SE belief system and social feasibility. Within this article, we develop a novel theoretical framework to analyse SE opportunities plus, an applicable tool to advance related empirical research.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Social entrepreneurship -- China, Opportunity -- Economic aspects , Critical realism, Empiricism
Journal or Publication Title: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1042-2587
Official Date: 1 September 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
1 September 2020Published
13 October 2019Available
2 September 2019Accepted
Volume: 44
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 1032-1056
DOI: 10.1177/1042258719879633
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): Hu, X., Marlow, S., Zimmermann, A., Martin, L., & Frank, R. (2019). Understanding Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship: A Critical Realist Abstraction. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719879633 Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. Additionally, please provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the Contribution on the SAGE Journals website (http://journals.sagepub.com).
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 25 November 2019

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