The creation of collective enterprises for social impact: An agency perspective

Bérangère Deschamps () and Romain Slitine
Additional contact information
Bérangère Deschamps: CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
Romain Slitine: IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: There is growing recognition of the important role that collective enterprises for social impact can play in resolving grand challenges. New forms of collective organisation are appearing on a global basis, yet we still know little about the process by which they are created. Paradoxically, the literature tends to rely on the concept of individual agency to explain the emergence of collective organisations. Based on inductive research of two French cases, our analysis unpacks the key role of collective agency in collective enterprises created for social impact. By revealing three dynamics – collective entrepreneurship, collective animatorship and collective organising – and their interrelations, this study provides conceptual clarification of the understudied notion of collective agency in entrepreneurship. The study also takes a fresh look at the creation of collective enterprises for social impact beyond the vision of a ‘heroic' entrepreneur.

Date: 2024-02-12
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Published in International Small Business Journal, 2024, 42 (1), pp.14-38. ⟨10.1177/02662426231189883⟩

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

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:hal:journl:hal-04650143

DOI: 10.1177/02662426231189883

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().