S31-S1 The Social Dimension of Entrepreneurship in the Context of Economic Crisis
Tracks
Special Sessions
| Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| HC 1315.0036 |
Details
Conveners: Veronique Schutjens, Darja Reuschke / Chair: Veronique Schutjens
Speaker
Dr. Emma Folmer
Lecturer
Aston University
A Model of Solidarity and Social Entrepreneurship - a Regional Perspective
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Emma Folmer (p), Anna Rebmann, Ute Stephan
Abstract
We advance new insights into social entrepreneurship by theorizing the role of different forms of solidary across the government, personal and market spheres in society. We then go on to develop specific predictions about the effects of formal solidarity (welfare state), cultural support for formal solidarity and informal personal solidarity (trust, religiosity) on social entrepreneurship taking a regional perspective. We conduct multi-level analysis in which individuals are nested in regions and countries based on data from the 2009 EU Flash Eurobarometer on Entrepreneurship, the European Social Survey and Eurostat. Our findings advance and help to reconcile past research proposed opposing roles of the welfare state for social entrepreneurship in the institutional support and void perspectives by developing a richer account of how solidarity plays out in different spheres. We find that in regions with higher levels of solidarity individuals are more likely to become social entrepreneurs. One implication is that we find support for a long-term ‘crowding in’ effect of the welfare state.
Mr Corneel Nederveen
Ph.D.-Student
Utrecht University, Faculty Of Geosciences, Urban And Economic Geography
Social and commercial enterprises: a common breeding ground? An assessment of the relevant entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Corneel Nederveen (p), Veronique Schutjens
Discussant for this paper
Emma Folmer
Abstract
See extended abstract
Ms Marianne De Beer
Phd Candidate
Utrecht University
Social Entrepreneurship in residential neighbourhoods: mutual benefits through local links?
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Marianne De Beer (p)
Discussant for this paper
Andrea Dittrich-wesbuer
Abstract
See extended abstract
Mr Thomas Handke
Other
Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung Gmbh
