Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review

Wendy Phillips, Hazel Lee, Abby Ghobadian, Nicholas O’regan, Peter James

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Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature suggests CSR initiatives extend beyond meeting the immediate interests of stakeholders of for-profit enterprises, offering the potential to also enhance performance. Growing disillusionment of for-profit business models has drawn attention to social entrepreneurship and social innovation to ease social issues. Adopting a systematic review of relevant research, the article provides collective insights into research linking social innovation with social entrepreneurship, demonstrating growing interest in the area over the last decade. The past 5 years have seen a surge in attention with particular focus on the role of the entrepreneur, networks, systems, institutions, and cross-sectoral partnerships. Based on the findings of the review, the authors synthesize formerly dispersed fields of research into an analytical framework, signposting a “systems of innovation” approach for future studies of social innovation and social entrepreneurship.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)428-461
JournalGroup and Organization Management
Volume40
Issue number3
Early online date8 Dec 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2015

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