TY - JOUR
T1 - “What are the Outcomes of Innovativeness within Social Entrepreneurship? The Relationship between Innovative Orientation and Social Enterprise Economic Performance”
AU - Duvnäs, Hanna
AU - Stenholm, Pekka
AU - Brännback, Malin
AU - Carsrud, Alan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Taking a Schumpeterian perspective on social entrepreneurship, this paper studies the relation between innovative orientation, profit, and turnover within social enterprises. A sample of Finnish social enterprises was studied principally by means of multiple regression analyses. The results highlight that the innovative orientation of the enterprises had no significant relationship to their operating profit or turnover. Finnish social enterprises, by law, must operate according to commercial principles. Our results suggest that their profitability is not generated through innovative activity. The findings also suggest that innovation within social enterprises may generally differ from and/or serve other purposes than innovation within traditional enterprises. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
AB - Taking a Schumpeterian perspective on social entrepreneurship, this paper studies the relation between innovative orientation, profit, and turnover within social enterprises. A sample of Finnish social enterprises was studied principally by means of multiple regression analyses. The results highlight that the innovative orientation of the enterprises had no significant relationship to their operating profit or turnover. Finnish social enterprises, by law, must operate according to commercial principles. Our results suggest that their profitability is not generated through innovative activity. The findings also suggest that innovation within social enterprises may generally differ from and/or serve other purposes than innovation within traditional enterprises. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
KW - social entrepreneurship
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Innovation
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/9582ea1c-e4e9-3ccd-99ca-f7b4b015e2e9/
UR - http://www.na-businesspress.com/JSIS/duvnas_abstract.html
M3 - Article
SN - 1718-2077
VL - 8
SP - 68
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability
JF - Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability
IS - 1
ER -