Costales, Emilio ORCID: 0000-0003-1595-5531 and Zeyen, Anica (2022) Social capital and the morphogenesis of actors: lessons from international social entrepreneurs. In: Caputo, Andrea, Pellegrini, Massimiliano M., Dabić, Marina and Dana, Léo-Paul, (eds.) The International Dimension of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making. Management Science book series (MANAGEMENT SC.) . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 193-222. ISBN 978-3030859503; 978-3030859497 ISSN 1431-1941 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85950-3_11)

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Abstract

Social entrepreneurs tackle so far insufficiently addressed social and environmental challenges with the aim to create positive societal change. Numerous anecdotal and empirical cases underline the significant role played by personal or vicarious experience in identifying innovative ways of solving societal challenges. Against this background, international social entrepreneurs—social entrepreneurs who are foreigners in the country they set up their venture—pose an interesting conundrum that has so far not been sufficiently—if at all—addressed in the social entrepreneurship literature: how do social entrepreneurs navigate their new environment? By implementing morphogenetic and social capital theories, this chapter engages with illustrative examples from international social entrepreneurs operating in the Netherlands to develop a Social-Capital-Morphogenetic model, which serves to illuminate the role of social capital accumulation in navigating new environments. This chapter calls for greater emphasis on complexity and the systems level in further social entrepreneurship research to draw attention to the contextual complexities of social change and the implications of these complexities on the social entrepreneurship process.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	social entrepreneurship; morphogenesis; social innovation
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Connected Cities Research Group
Last Modified:	22 May 2023 08:28
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42569

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