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Institutional Theory as a Framework for Practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship

In: Social Innovation

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  • Anirudh Agrawal

    (Center for CSR, Copenhagen Business School)

  • Kai Hockerts

    (Center for CSR, Copenhagen Business School)

Abstract

The chapter proposes institutional theory as a framework for reflecting on social entrepreneurship. We advocate institutional theory as a tool for practitioners to reflect upon the legitimacy, survivability and scalability of social enterprises because institutional theory frameworks can reduce risks associated with emerging fields such as social entrepreneurship. In order to illustrate our claim, we present four cases of social entrepreneurship and reflect on them through different institutional theory frameworks. At the end of the chapter, we propose a future agenda for practitioners interested in social entrepreneurship from an institutional theory perspective.

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  • Anirudh Agrawal & Kai Hockerts, 2013. "Institutional Theory as a Framework for Practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Thomas Osburg & RenĂ© Schmidpeter (ed.), Social Innovation, edition 127, pages 119-129, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-642-36540-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36540-9_11
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    1. Ruchita Pangriya, 2019. "Hidden aspects of social entrepreneurs’ life: a content analysis," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 9(1), pages 1-19, December.

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