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Received: 2024-08-30  |  Accepted: 2024-10-19  |  Published: 2024-12-30

Title

The entrepreneurial process of Schumpeterian social entrepreneurs - a qualitative study


Abstract

This empirical research focuses on social entrepreneurs who challenge the equilibrium by providing new services to beneficiaries in multiple locations. We have termed these entrepreneurs “Schumpeterian social entrepreneurs“, echoing Joseph Schumpeter’s definition of a commercial entrepreneur. This research aimed to understand the entrepreneurial process followed by Schumpeterian social entrepreneurs, emphasizing their objectives, points of entry into the process, connections to the fields of their endeavors, and strategies deployed to change the equilibrium. Ten Israeli social entrepreneurs were interviewed using the life story method. The key findings were as follows. The research highlighted two types of entrepreneurs according to their objectives and way of entry. These first comprised entrepreneurs who sought to capture social value and were opportunity-focused. In contrast, the second category comprised those who focused on solving social problems having responded to "a call to action". There were many "outsiders" among the entrepreneurs. There is a possible correlation between a personal history of volunteering and a willingness to become a social entrepreneur. There is a predominance of two factors that enhanced the scaling up of the organizations' services: the mobilization of large numbers of committed volunteers and the use of platforms to operate the organization's services.


Keywords

entrepreneurial process, social entrepreneurship, social value, entrepreneurship theories, innovations, opportunities


JEL classifications

L26 , L31


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1252


DOI


Pages

148-162


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Mirvis, Jonathan
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel https://new.huji.ac.il
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

12


Number

2


Issue date

December 2024


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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