Social innovation, goal orientation and openness: insights from social enterprise hybrids
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Authors
Hagerdoorn, J
Haugh, H
Robson, PJ
Sugar, K
Publication Date
2022-07-01Journal Title
Small Business Economics: an international journal
ISSN
0921-898X
Publisher
Springer
Type
Article
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Hagerdoorn, J., Haugh, H., Robson, P., & Sugar, K. (2022). Social innovation, goal orientation and openness: insights from social enterprise hybrids. Small Business Economics: an international journal https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00643-4
Abstract
We empirically examine social innovation and openness through a survey of social enterprise hybrids in the United Kingdom (UK). Social innovation refers to new products, processes and services that respond to grand challenges. Social enterprises pursue economic, social and environmental goals but vary in their goal orientation, namely the relative importance ascribed to such goals. We first explore the relationships between commercial, social and environmental goal orientation and social innovation performance. Next, we consider the moderating impact of openness to external knowledge and ideas on social innovation performance. Our analysis finds positive and significant relationships between commercial and social goal orientation and social innovation performance, but no relationship with environmental goal orientation. In addition, the use of external sources of knowledge and ideas positively strengthens these relationships for both commercial and social goal orientation but not for environmental goal orientation. Our results reveal some important influences on social innovation, openness, and hybrid organizing.
Sponsorship
We also acknowledge the financial support for our research from the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation and the Isaac Newton Research Trust (grant number RG69440).
Funder references
Isaac Newton Trust (1222(j))
Edmond de Rothschild Foundations (via Cambridge in America) (unknown)
Embargo Lift Date
2023-07-01
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00643-4
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337285
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