Social Enterprise Journal: Volume 14 Issue 4

Insights from a systematic review of literature on social enterprise and networks: Where, how and what next?

David Littlewood, Zaheer Khan

This paper aims to contribute to better understanding of where and how network concepts, theories and perspectives, organisational networks, and networking practices, are being…

Social entrepreneurship: creating social value when bridging holes

Suvi Kokko

This paper aims to understand how social value is created in a context characterized by institutional complexity. By identifying stakeholders interacting in a social enterprise…

Networks and the idea-fruition process of female social entrepreneurs in South Africa

Jantje Halberstadt, Anna B. Spiegler

This paper aims to contribute to the lack of research on female social entrepreneurs and their social and contextual embeddedness, promoting women’s social entrepreneurial…

Local social value creation by neighborhood-based entrepreneurs: Local embeddedness and the role of social networks

Marianne de Beer

This paper aims to explore local social value creation by entrepreneurs located in residential neighborhoods, what drives their behavior and the influence of their local social…

Network importance and use: commercial versus social enterprises

Emma Folmer, Corneel Nederveen, Veronique Schutjens

The purpose of this paper is to understand how important networks are for the emergence and growth of social enterprises as well as how social enterprises use their networks…