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Lincoln, Chantelle Victoria Louise.
How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
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Degree: 2013, AUT University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/5556 
► The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how social enterprises acquire and manage resources. Using the definition proposed by Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum & Shulman,…
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▼ The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how social enterprises acquire and manage resources. Using the definition proposed by Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum & Shulman, (2009, p.521) social entrepreneurship is framed in the context of incorporating “actions and processes taken on to discover, define and exploit opportunities to enhance social wealth by creating new ventures or managing existing organizations in an innovative way”. The resource based view and the notion of dynamic capabilities is used as a theoretical foundation for a multiple case study analysis.
Using a qualitative, inductive approach, three social enterprise cases are analysed to gain a deeper understanding around how resources are acquired and managed. Through inductive theory building, emergent findings were compared with existing resource based view and dynamic capabilities literature to form insights into relating concepts.
The research conducted indicate two broad themes: acquiring start-up resources and managing / configuring resources. From these two broad themes a series of patterns are revealed, describing key processes and strategies that span across cases. The findings, illustrate and support a resource based view of a social enterprise, extending our understanding of the resource based view in a social entrepreneurship context.
Furthermore, implications for the wider literature are put forth to extend our understanding of the acquisition and management of resources in social enterprises. In addition to these implications, suggestions for developing future best practices are expressed to encourage and support budding entrepreneurs in founding a social enterprise.
Advisors/Committee Members: Corner, Patricia (Trish) Doyle (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Social enterprise;
Resource based view;
Social entrepreneurship;
Dynamic capabilities;
Entrepreneurship
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Lincoln, C. V. L. (2013). How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
. (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/5556
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lincoln, Chantelle Victoria Louise. “How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
.” 2013. Thesis, AUT University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/5556.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lincoln, Chantelle Victoria Louise. “How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
.” 2013. Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Lincoln CVL. How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
. [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/5556.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Lincoln CVL. How social enterprises acquire and manage resources
. [Thesis]. AUT University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/5556
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AUT University
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Greenslade-Yeats, James Reuben.
How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
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Degree: AUT University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10184
► The way entrepreneurs think about the financial implications of starting a new venture is a crucial aspect of the entrepreneurial process. Scholars describe two contrasting…
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▼ The way entrepreneurs think about the financial implications of starting a new venture is a crucial aspect of the entrepreneurial process. Scholars describe two contrasting views of this thinking process. The more traditional view, 'causation,' holds that entrepreneurs think predictively about financial outcomes, engaging in financial forecasting and calculating a venture's expected returns. The more recent view, 'effectuation,' suggests founders think about financing in terms of what they can control. In practice this means they only invest what they can afford to lose in new ventures and seek partners to provide additional finance. Existing empirical research shows that novice entrepreneurs tend to follow a causation process, while experienced entrepreneurs are more likely to engage in effectuation. Although it is clear that the key characteristic leading to differences in financial thinking is experience level, no one has accounted for how experience leads to such differences. My research question was therefore: 'How does experience of multiple venture start-ups affect the way entrepreneurs think about the financial implications of founding subsequent ventures?'
To address this question I implemented a qualitative, narrative inquiry research design. Such a design is ideal for surfacing and understanding participants' lived experience and is recommended for entrepreneurship research. I collected primary data through participant interviews with experienced entrepreneurs and applied inductive data analysis techniques to surface themes. My study produced two key findings. First, entrepreneurs changed their approach to financial thinking over time, generally from a predictive/causation approach to a control-based/effectuation approach. Second, findings surfaced a process mechanism that brought about these changes: negative/unexpected outcomes caused entrepreneurs to reflect upon and change their financial thinking about venture start-ups. I discuss implications of findings for the wider entrepreneurship literature, suggesting that future research investigate 'experience of negative/unexpected outcomes' as an antecedent to effectuation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Corner, Patricia (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Entrepreneurs;
Financial thinking;
New Ventures;
Affordable Loss
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Greenslade-Yeats, J. R. (n.d.). How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
. (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10184
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Greenslade-Yeats, James Reuben. “How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
.” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10184.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Greenslade-Yeats, James Reuben. “How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
.” Web. 14 Apr 2021.
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Vancouver:
Greenslade-Yeats JR. How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
. [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10184.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Council of Science Editors:
Greenslade-Yeats JR. How Experience Shapes the Financial Thinking of Entrepreneurs
. [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10184
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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AUT University
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Jarman, Jennifer Anne.
Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
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Degree: AUT University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/9867
► Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) has been a topic of interest to scholars for over 40 years. Scholars have defined CE using a variety of terms, however…
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▼ Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) has been a topic of interest to scholars for over 40 years. Scholars have defined CE using a variety of terms, however the core idea of CE has involved entrepreneurial activities occurring within large, established firms. CE activities have included the pursuit of innovation and the introduction of new products, services and ideas in order to renew established companies and enable them to compete with more agile start-ups. To date, there has been little research on how CE unfolds which has stymied theory development and practical knowledge. The purpose of this thesis was to address this ?how? question to further understand the process of CE. I implemented effectuation as a conceptual framework as opposed to the rational-economic perspective normally assumed in CE research.
The overarching research question was ?How do corporate entrepreneurs use effectuation for innovation?? I employed a qualitative, multi-case study research design with corporate innovation projects as the level of analysis. The design facilitated theory building. Data were collected via interviews as well as secondary sources. Within and cross case analyses were done to surface patterns across the innovation projects. Findings revealed three effectual mechanism including: garnering support of internal stakeholders, accreting in-house financial resources, and acquiring skills of existing employees for project development. Evidence also suggested a process model whereby corporate entrepreneurs? ideas were shaped into viable products (see Figure 2). Interestingly, findings illustrated how effectuation in the corporate setting may differ from the new venture context, the context in which it is usually applied. Implications for the wider literature are discussed along with limitations of the research design.
This study extended research on effectuation through exploring effectual processes in the corporate setting. In particular, findings provided an initial glimpse of how more emergent, organic entrepreneurial processes might unfold in corporations. Such findings complemented existing research which has assumed a more rational and analytical approach to CE.
Advisors/Committee Members: Corner, Patricia (advisor), Singh, Smita (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Effectuation;
Corporate entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship;
Qualitative;
Multi-case study
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APA (6th Edition):
Jarman, J. A. (n.d.). Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
. (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/9867
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jarman, Jennifer Anne. “Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
.” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/9867.
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No year of publication.
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jarman, Jennifer Anne. “Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
.” Web. 14 Apr 2021.
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No year of publication.
Vancouver:
Jarman JA. Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
. [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/9867.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.
Council of Science Editors:
Jarman JA. Effectuation in corporate entrepreneurship
. [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/9867
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.
AUT University
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Schaefer, Katrin.
Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
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Degree: AUT University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12418
► This thesis investigates some human-centred factors involved in socioeconomic change towards sustainability-as-flourishing. In particular, it qualitatively examines the role social entrepreneurs’ metacognition – awareness and…
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▼ This thesis investigates some human-centred factors involved in socioeconomic change towards sustainability-as-flourishing. In particular, it qualitatively examines the role social entrepreneurs’ metacognition – awareness and regulation of thoughts and feelings – plays in shaping such change. I suggest that metacognition influences decisions and actions at the entrepreneurs’ individual level, which shapes the value creation process at the enterprise level. Social enterprises that generate social and environmental value in their wider environment may collectively contribute to a transformation of industries and communities. The thesis comprises four related studies, as described below.
The first study is a review of the literature pertaining to sustainability-as-flourishing (an ideal vision offered by US academic John Ehrenfeld) and to three types of entrepreneurship – social, environmental and sustainable. The review identifies a set of requisites for sustainability-as-flourishing, defines contributions of, and limitations in each type of entrepreneurship research relative to these requisites, and proposes a future research agenda.
The second study explores how social entrepreneurs’ inner realities (involving ordinary cognitive and emotional processes as well as metacognitive processes) shape entrepreneurial actions. It also investigates how these actions shape social and environmental value creation. Thematic analysis of eight interviews with social entrepreneurs show entrepreneurs engaged in self-awareness practices, which increased their knowledge and regulation of positive and negative aspects of their inner realities. Positive aspects enabled generative organisational value creation mechanisms, leading to positive social and environmental outcomes, while negative aspects interfered with value creation, leading to unintended negative outcomes.
The third study examines how social entrepreneurs’ metacognition affects social and environmental value creation, which in turn transforms industries and communities, ultimately nudging society towards sustainability-as-flourishing. Thematic analysis of interviews with five social entrepreneurs demonstrates entrepreneurs’ metacognition facilitated insight and letting go of limiting thought patterns at the individual level, leading to social entrepreneurial action. Entrepreneurs utilised various metacognitive abilities as they developed effective and responsible social enterprises with valuable capabilities. The enterprises’ caring cultures and organisational capabilities in tandem with entrepreneurs’ creative and interpersonal conciliatory capabilities facilitated positive socioeconomic changes within industries and communities. It is these kinds of changes that could perhaps bring about sustainability-as-flourishing in the long run.
The fourth study explores how coaching can enhance a social entrepreneur’s metacognition potentially to enable ultimately wider change towards flourishing. A series of coaching conversations between the author and a social entrepreneur…
Advisors/Committee Members: Kearins, Kate (advisor), Corner, Patricia (Trish) Doyle (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Sustainability-as-flourishing;
Metacognition;
Self-awareness;
Social entrepreneurship;
Sustainable entrepreneurship;
Environmental entrepreneurship;
Socioeconomic change
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Schaefer, K. (n.d.). Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
. (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12418
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schaefer, Katrin. “Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
.” Thesis, AUT University. Accessed April 14, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12418.
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No year of publication.
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schaefer, Katrin. “Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
.” Web. 14 Apr 2021.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
No year of publication.
Vancouver:
Schaefer K. Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
. [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; [cited 2021 Apr 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12418.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.
Council of Science Editors:
Schaefer K. Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
. [Thesis]. AUT University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/12418
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
No year of publication.
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