Social Bricolage: Theorizing Social Value Creation in Social Enterprises

MariaLaura Di Domenico, Helen Haugh and Paul Tracey

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2010, vol. 34, issue 4, 681-703

Abstract: Current theorizations of bricolage in entrepreneurship studies require refinement and development to be used as a theoretical framework for social entrepreneurship. Our analysis traces bricolage's conceptual underpinnings from various disciplines, identifying its key constructs as making do , a refusal to be constrained by limitations , and improvisation . Although these characteristics appear to epitomize the process of creating social enterprises, our research identifies three further constructs associated with social entrepreneurship: social value creation , stakeholder participation , and persuasion . Using data from a qualitative study of eight U.K. social enterprises, we apply the bricolage concept to social entrepreneurial action and propose an extended theoretical framework of social bricolage.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00370.x

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