Expanding the Horizons of Social Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Research: A Review and Research Agenda

Diwakar Singh and Richa Awasthy

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2025, vol. 16, issue 2, 366-391

Abstract: This study aims to expand the horizons of social entrepreneurship (SE) through indigenous research. We conducted a systematic literature review and Pareto analysis tool to determine the ‘critical’ dimensions of SE and identified gaps in the literature regarding indigenous contributions to SE. We identified four indigenous constructs: karma yoga, lokasamgraha, swadeshi, and jugaad. Karma yoga and lokasamgraha were identified through the qualitative content analysis of the Bhagavad Gita, while swadeshi and jugaad were identified in contemporary Indian philosophy and culture. We provided a framework and proposed these constructs’ unique contributions to SE. We also discussed the implications, limitations, and future research directions.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/19420676.2023.2178484 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:jsocen:v:16:y:2025:i:2:p:366-391

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/RJSE20

DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2023.2178484

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship is currently edited by Alex Nicholls

More articles in Journal of Social Entrepreneurship from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().