The following special research forum on "The Social Performance and
Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship" has been published on-line and is
available for all Business & Society subscribers.
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The Social Performance and Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship
Mark C. Casson and Stephen Pavelin
This article summarizes the commentary essay and two research articles comprising the special
research forum on “The Social Performance and Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship.” A commentary
essay by William J. Baumol addresses the social responsibilities of successful entrepreneurs. A
research article by Laura J. Spence examines the social responsibilities of small businesses. A
research article by Henning Engelke, Stefanie Mauksch, Inga-Lena Darkow, and Heiko von der Gracht
examines scenarios for social enterprises in Germany.
A forthcoming article by William J. Baumol titled, “On the Appropriate Social Responsibilities of
Successful Entrepreneurs” from Business & Society online first is featured October 13, 2014 on the
SAGE management blog – Management INK. The link below should lead to the feature story; and the
story embeds a link to the article itself. These links are valid for a brief period only.
http://managementink.wordpress.com/
Business & Society Online First article now available electronically to subscribers.
Heading Toward a More Social Future? Scenarios for Social Enterprises in Germany
Henning Engelke, Stefanie Mauksch, Inga-Lena Darkow, and Heiko von der Gracht
ABSTRACT In recent years, the public sector in many countries has had difficulty keeping abreast of
social problems due to restricted financial resources and limited organizational capacities. As a
consequence, entrepreneurs have started to address social welfare issues that the public sector has
been unable to tackle with an innovative approach called social enterprise. The authors present
research on the future prospects of social enterprise as a sustainable business model for
industrialized countries. As there is a lack of historical and current data, the authors aim to
contribute to and structure the debate about the potential of the concept. Therefore, the authors
provide initial data from a Delphi survey on the future development of social enterprise in a
multistakeholder environment. Experts from academia, business, nongovernmental and governmental
organizations, social enterprise investors, and social entrepreneurs evaluated 16 projections for the
year 2030. Based on these results, the authors present comprehensive scenarios of four different
possible developments of the future of social enterprise in Germany.
This OnlineFirst article is now available electronically to all subscribers.
Small Business Social Responsibility: Expanding Core CSR Theory
Laura J. Spence
ABSTRACT This article seeks to expand business and society research in a number of ways. Its primary
purpose is to redraw two core corporate social responsibility (CSR) theories (stakeholder theory and
Carroll’s CSR pyramid), enhancing their relevance for small business. This redrawing is done by the
application of the ethic of care, informed by the value of feminist perspectives and the extant
empirical research on small business social responsibility. It is proposed that the expanded versions
of core theory have wider relevance, value, and implications beyond the small firm context. The
theorization of small business social responsibility enables engagement with the mainstream of CSR
research as well as making a contribution to small business studies in scholarly, policy, and
practice terms.
Andy Crane, Dirk Matten, Irene Henriques, Bryan Husted
Co-Editors, Business & Society
Schulich School of Business
York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3
baseditors@schulich.yorku.ca
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