Institutional Theory as a Framework for Practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship

Anirudh Agrawal; Kai Hockerts

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36540-9_11

Institutional Theory as a Framework for Practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship

Anirudh Agrawal
, Kai Hockerts

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Innovation : Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Editors	Thomas Osburg, René Schmidpeter
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Publication date	2013
Pages	119-129
ISBN (Print)	9783642365393
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642365409
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36540-9_11
Publication status	Published - 2013

Series	CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Institutional Theory as a Framework for Practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship. / Agrawal, Anirudh; Hockerts, Kai.
Social Innovation: Solutions for a Sustainable Future. ed. / Thomas Osburg; René Schmidpeter. Heidelberg: Springer Science+Business Media, 2013. p. 119-129 (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance).

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