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Social Entrepreneurs?
Randy M. Ataide
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Fermanian School of Business
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, Ca. 92106 USA
RandyAtaide@pointloma.edu
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Outline of Presentation
1.Overview of problem
2.Definitional frameworks
3. Comparison of religious and social
ventures
4. Points of connections
5. Conclusions
6. Recommendations
7. Questions
1.
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Overview of Problem
Overview of Problem
vLimitations of contemporary research
– “containment, marginalization &
suspicion” (Zelinsky)
v“Entrepreneurship literature suggests
that value structures may form an
important construct…(but) their
magnitude and overall importance is
still relatively unknown.” (Dodd and
Seaman)
vPersonal values, faith or religion and
entrepreneurship is a “thorny and
unresolved issue.” ( Dodd and
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Overview of Problem
A Definitional Framework #1
vAn unjust equilibrium for a weak human
segment.
vA social value proposition with an
entrepreneurial basis.
vA new equilibrium proposed that
alleviates the unjust equilibrium.
vA hope for a broader impact for the
value proposition.
(Martin & Osberg)
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
A Definitional Framework #2
Points of Connection
vBoth seek to solve similar intractable
problems
vBoth seek multiple resource streams
vBoth are dynamic and highly
adaptable
vBoth seek partnerships and alliances
vBoth seek sustainability
vBoth reflect a distinct personal or
collective worldview
vBoth shape and are shaped by society
vBoth suffer from definitional
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Conclusion
“Culture is an important and
complex construct. Likewise,
entrepreneurship captures a wide
spectrum of activities and is
multifaceted. The addition of social
institutions to the repertoire of cultural
icons is a step forward in behavioral
research on the nexus of culture and
entrepreneurship.”
Gerard and Zahra, 2007
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Conclusion
“It (religion) supports power
structures, gives meaning and shape to
a society’s ethical structures, rewards
and punishes certain kinds of behavior:
providing norms for social action…
religion (also) explains and justifies
social institutions and social roles.”
Dodd and Seaman, 1998
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Conclusion
“In societies where religion plays a
significant role, personal motivation is
inextricably linked to the social
entrepreneurial activities of the
religious entrepreneur. What we have is
that the religious worldview has moved
beyond traditional functions, methods
and models and ironically this
adaptation may have actually occurred
prior to the rise of contemporary social
entrepreneurship.”
Ataide, 2009
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Recommendations
1.Discern collaborative opportunities
including hybrids, joint ventures,
alliances and associations.
2.Study and seek to maximize mutually
beneficial opportunity streams .
3.Engagement between the business
schools and religious
entrepreneurship to study the
blurring of sectors.
Are Religious Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs?
Recommendations
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