Knowledge Management Practices as an Opportunity for the Achievement of Sustainable Development in Social Enterprises of Medellín (Colombia)

Natalia Marulanda-Grisales (), José Julián Herrera-Pulgarín and María Lucelly Urrego-Marín
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Natalia Marulanda-Grisales: Faculty of Economics and Administrative, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios—UNIMINUTO, Bogotá 111021, Colombia
José Julián Herrera-Pulgarín: Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios—UNIMINUTO, Bogotá 111021, Colombia
María Lucelly Urrego-Marín: Faculty of Economics and Administrative, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios—UNIMINUTO, Bogotá 111021, Colombia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-23

Abstract: In the context of the city of Medellín (Colombia), which has been declared a National Science, Technology, and Innovation District, Knowledge Management Practices (KMPs) have been gaining importance because they improve the commercial entrepreneurial ecosystem by articulating tacit and explicit knowledge. The study investigates the role of KMPs in Social Entrepreneurship (SE), and how this relationship generates products and services that meet social needs, with articulation between tacit and explicit knowledge, which start from the experiences of entrepreneurs and join shared interests in ecosystems and public policies of social entrepreneurship. This study employs a non-experimental design based on a survey and a deep interview for 40 SE initiatives; we then developed a Pearson’s bivariate correlation review and a narrative design. The results reveal that SE initiatives aimed at novel market niches and management strategies that articulate multiple sectors and social actors that aim for a practical scope of the purposes of entrepreneurship concerning the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations. The findings of this study suggest that KMPs in SE create a series of perspectives that seek to achieve greater competitiveness and sustainability in front of the market, all from innovative proposals of social value articulated with environmental care.

Keywords: entrepreneurship ecosystems; knowledge management; sustainable development; social entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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