Enabling the Original Intent: Catalysts for Social Entrepreneurship
Enabling the Original Intent: Catalysts
for Social Entrepreneurship
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实现初衷：社会创业的催化剂
DOI：
10.1007/s10551-010-0419-z
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Christopher Marmé
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作者：
Craig V. VanSandt;M. Sud;Christopher Marmé
随着资本主义经济的主要重点从为所有人提供商品和服务转向将财富集中在社会的最高层，社会企业家已经成为重新捕捉资本主义初衷的来源之一。社会企业家将商业组织的效率和有效性与许多非营利和政府机构的社会关注相结合。因此，社会企业家精神被视为具有减轻我们现在面临的许多社会弊病的巨大潜力。然而，要完成这一使命，社会企业必须在现有的基础上进行扩张。我们探索了扩展、缩放和复制的替代方法，然后研究了潜在的催化剂，这些催化剂可以使社会企业家实现他们的社会改善目标。我们确定的催化剂是有效的逻辑，通过适当的报告指标和信息技术提高合法性。最后，我们以两个简短的案例研究来总结这些催化剂目前如何提高社会初创企业的有效性。
As capitalist economies have shifted their primary focus from providing goods and services for all, to concentrating wealth at the top echelons of societies, social entrepreneurs have been one source of re-capturing the original intent of capitalism. Social entrepreneurs have combined the efficiency and effectiveness of business organizations with the social concerns of many non-profit and governmental agencies. As a result, social entrepreneurship is viewed as having significant potential for alleviating many of the social ills we now face. To accomplish this mission, however, will require expansion of social enterprises beyond their current footprints. We explore alternate methods of expansion, scaling and replication, and then examine potential catalysts, which can enable social entrepreneurs to attain their goals of social improvement. The catalysts we identify are effectual logic, enhanced legitimacy through appropriate reporting metrics, and information technology. We conclude with two brief case studies that exemplify how these catalysts are currently working to enhance the effectiveness of social start-ups.