Why do some social enterprises flourish in Vietnam? A comparison of human and ecosystem partnerships

Minh Hieu Thi Nguyen, Stuart C. Carr, Darrin Hodgetts and Emmanuelle Fauchart

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 2021, vol. 12, issue 6, 1312-1347

Abstract: Purpose - Social enterprises can be found across Vietnam. However, little is known about how these organizations contribute to the country’s broader efforts to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper aims to explore whether and to what extent differences in social impacts by social enterprises may be explained by the psychological characteristics of social entrepreneurs and cross-sector “ecosystem” partnerships in training, networking, consultation and funding. Design/methodology/approach - A survey ofN≈ 352 Vietnamese social entrepreneurs explored relationships between individual entrepreneurial orientation (EO), social identity, self-construal and personality, with elements of ecosystem partnerships (access to training, networking, consultation and funding) and social impacts over the previous three years (growth/jobs created and people helped, termed efficiency and generosity, respectively). Findings - Ecosystem partnerships factored into frequency and quality of partnerships. Frequency predicted social enterprise efficiency (p

Keywords: Social enterprise; Social impact; Partnership; Ecosystem; SDGs; Social entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/SAMPJ-04-2020-0137

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