Social intrapreneurship and social innovation: the case of an Ebola crisis in Africa

Alfred Mbeteh, Massimiliano M. Pellegrini, Francesco Pelagallo and William Conteh

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2020, vol. 16, issue 4, 397-414

Abstract: Social innovation is a significant change that occurs in a society. This change is normally done via the creation of a new venture to solve social problems, i.e., social entrepreneurship. However, less is known about social innovations promoted within an existing organisational setting, i.e., social intrapreneurship especially within a developing country. The paper analyses the case of a social intrapreneur who developed an innovative idea during the 2014 Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. Through the insights obtained, we were able to develop and elaborate on a five-staged model for social innovation and focused on two relevant aspects in social intrapreneurship: internal governance process and external legitimisation and support.

Keywords: social intrapreneurship; social innovation; Ebola epidemic; Sierra Leone; social entrepreneurship. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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