During the search for a thesis topic, the researchers established contact with a civil servant at Växjö Municipality in Sweden who introduced them to the prospective project of the Reuse Village as part of the city’s waste management plan to enhance circular economy. Hence, the researchers’ purpose for this thesis is to explore the determined values and stakeholders’ involvement linked to the engagement of entrepreneurs towards a circular economy. Moreover, a thorough explanation of the literature review is conducted including the environmental, economic and social sustainability, in addition to the entrepreneurial and stakeholders’ involvement and the different sustainable oriented entrepreneurs and the values that could possibly influence the entrepreneurs. The researchers used mixed research methods that comprise of qualitative interviews, secondary research, and case studies based on documentary secondary data to give a deeper explanation of the stakeholders and entrepreneurial involvement and show their position in the field of circular economy especially in the Reuse Village project. The main findings of the thesis elaborate more on the importance of circular economy that governments and local municipalities are pushing for. The outcome presents the directions that stakeholders lean towards, regarding the Reuse Village, and shows how the relationship between the stakeholders plays a major role in the progress of the notion of circular economy.

This bachelor thesis evaluates how high-engagement investors contribute to the development and growth of for-profit social enterprises by providing both funding and non-financial advisory services focused on organisational capacity-building. Case studies on three social enterprises describe the structure of funding deals, what considerations affected these due to the high social character of the ventures, and inquire into the relationship between social enterprise and their investors to evaluate how the investors provide value for their investees beyond capital. The investor types involved include commercial venture capital funds, angel investors, accelerator programs and venture philanthropy funds; a sort of social impact investment fund which combines the high- engagement mentoring of venture capital funds with lower expectations on financial returns in exchange for higher demands on social impact. The findings indicate that high-engagement investors in general provide a wide range of services to the social enterprises studied, where strategic advisory services and networks introductions are identified as key enablers for development. Aligning philosophies on the combination of business and social impact is also identified as critical for a constructive relationship between investor and investee. The perceived value of venture philanthropy funding diverges between the cases; while filling an empty space in the social enterprise capital market, some findings question their capabilities and investment model. Apart from the initial research questions on how high-engagement investors add value to social enterprises, the study raises further questions on social enterprise funding in general and the issues that obstructs these organisations from introducing innovation and growth to underdeveloped markets.

The final thesis presents findings of the nongovernmental non-profit organizations' entrepreneurial activities in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis was to find out if NGOs fulfil criteria for social firm according to defined standards. NGOs necessarily run a business to get additional money for their activities to substitute diminishing state funds. The research focused on NGOs' entrepreneurship was done by electronic questionnaire within this thesis. Its purpose is to inform about motivation, risks, problems, personal characteristics and financial sustainability of social firms. The study has evidence that none of the respondents from Czech NGOs fully met standards' requirements. The organizations usually are not able to earn at least 50 % of the firm's turnover through sales of goods and services and also 25 - 55 % of the workforce is not disadvantaged in gaining employment.

This study is within the field of impact investments. Impact investors relates to a twofold requirement of both financial return and positive impact from investments. The purpose of this study is to investigate how impact investors assess impact in their investment evaluation processes and how impact is aligned with the requirement on financial return. Literature have addressed the problem of assessing and quantifying impact, but it fails to tell us how impact is incorporated in the pre-investment evaluation of different investment opportunities. The field of impact investments is increasing in popularity among investors and through a qualitative study based on eight semi-structured interviews with impact investors in Sweden, we try to gain insight in how they address the twofold incentive of both financial return and impact.Our findings show that impact investors apply similar evaluation processes as mainstream venture capitalists with the additional assessment of social impact. We find that investors approach the impact assessment in different ways and that there are split views on the ability of measuring impact in the pre-investment phase. The task of combining the financial measurements with impact is found to be challenging due to the contradicting characteristics of the two, as well as the difficulty of measuring social impact. Often the impact aspect is integrated as a pre-investment evaluation “gate”, where a subjective assessment is central. We contribute to literature by addressing the identified research gap and we aim to contribute to social entrepreneurs’ understanding of how investors relate to impact in their investment decision making processes.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelina Sinato.pdf: 4423636 bytes, checksum: d730b2743c12cd1b2ea763288de39597 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-29 / The objective of this study t is to analyze the global discourse of the social entrepreneurship scene. Therefore, we use the methodology of critical discourse analysis (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001) and (VAN DIJK, 2003) on social entrepreneurs life narratives to understand their social role in contemporary society. The object is the narratives present in digital media, which constitute the image of social entrepreneurs worldwide institutions: Ashoka, Skoll Foundation and Schwab. These organizations articulate new possible worlds (LAZZARATO, 2006) and represent in an emblematic way the new spirit of capitalism (BOLTANSKI and CHIAPELLO, 2009). Moreover, attribute legitimacy to social entrepreneurs, who are seen as modern Olympians, true culture models (MORIN, 2011). The social entrepreneur, in summary, joins the competence as a regular entrepreneur with dedication to work for the "common good". The pragmatism of the entrepreneurial figure combines heroic characteristics, which are the symbolic power (BOURDIEU, 2005). This process occurs through a complex network of production, circulation and consumption of these globalized symbolic heroic narratives. From the spread of the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, we seek to understand their origin, their rhetoric constitution and how the social and cultural aspects are linked to it, as the process of celebritization (TORRES, 2014) the figure of the social entrepreneur. / O objetivo desse estudo é analisar o discurso globalizado da cena do empreendedorismo social. Para tanto, utilizamos a metodologia da análise crítica do discurso (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001) e (VAN DIJK, 2003) de narrativas de vida de empreendedores sociais para compreender seu papel social na contemporaneidade. Tomamos como objeto as narrativas, presentes na mídia digital, que constituem a imagem dos empreendedores sociais em instituições de abrangência mundial: Ashoka, Skoll Foundation e Schwab. Essas organizações articulam novos mundos possíveis (LAZZARATO, 2006), e representam de maneira emblemática o novo espírito do capitalismo (BOLTANSKI e CHIAPELLO, 2009). Além disso, atribuem legitimidade aos empreendedores sociais, que passam a ser vistos como olimpianos modernos, verdadeiros modelos de cultura (MORIN, 2011). O empreendedor social, em síntese, une a competência para empreender com a dedicação ao trabalho pelo bem comum . O pragmatismo da figura empreendedora se alia a características heroicas, que constituem o poder simbólico (BOURDIEU, 1989) desses atores sociais. Esse processo se dá por meio de um complexo circuito de produção, circulação e consumo simbólico dessas narrativas heroicas globalizadas. A partir da difusão do fenômeno do empreendedorismo social, buscamos entender sua origem, sua constituição retórica e quais são os aspectos sociais e culturais a ele atrelados, como o processo de celebrização (TORRES, 2014) da figura do empreendedor social.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Manente Batista.pdf: 4649864 bytes, checksum: c666dfe73d91b1e9578186467c15d93b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-14 / This research aims to discuss the social entrepreneurship involved the in the crowdfunding platforms, researched from its communicational aspect. The social entrepreneurship configures itself as the new spirit of capitalism (BOLTANSKI; CHIAPELLO, 2009) adjusting its projects within the commodity aesthetics (HAUG, 1997) to convince the public to consume/investment in its cause. We consider the crowdfunding platforms as a discursive market (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001), whose commodities are the projects launched for funding purposes, constituting its forms of symbolic consumption. In that way, we pursue to comprehend the meanings of discursive strategies of social entrepreneurship on these platforms. The research methodology is based on the Critical Analysis of Discourse of Fairclough (idem). / Esta pesquisa tem como tema o empreendedorismo social nas plataformas de financiamento coletivo, também conhecidas como crowdfunding, investigado sob seu aspecto comunicacional. O empreendedorismo social configura-se como o novo espírito do capitalismo (BOLTANSKI; CHIAPELLO, 2009) adequando seus projetos com a estética da mercadoria (HAUG, 1997) para convencer o público ao consumo-investimento de sua causa. Consideramos as plataformas de crowdfunding como um mercado discursivo (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001) cujas mercadorias são os projetos lançados para o financiamento, constituindo suas formas de consumo simbólico. Por isso, buscamos compreender os significados das estratégias discursivas do empreendedorismo social nestas plataformas. A metodologia de pesquisa é fundamentada na Análise Crítica do Discurso de Fairclough (idem).

[pt] O Terceiro Setor no Brasil tem se reconfigurado de modo a se aproximar dos negócios de impacto social e de suas respectivas instituições de apoio. Essas organizações híbridas visam enfrentar problemas socioambientais a partir de modelos de negócios regidos sob a égide de mecanismos de mercado. Diferem de organizações não governamentais por não dependerem de recursos de filantropia ou doações; não se enquadram como empresas tradicionais por terem como medida principal de sucesso o impacto social de suas ações, e não o lucro; se distanciam das iniciativas de responsabilidade social empresarial pelo fato de que suas intervenções não são guiadas pela busca de mitigação de uma externalidade negativa ou de ações desassociadas do core business empresarial. A tese analisa as incubadoras universitárias que acolhem os negócios de impacto social. Elas são instituições burocráticas com natureza e interconexões com relevante complexidade e que podem conformar categorias tipológicas orientadas pela natureza de suas mantenedoras - privadas, públicas e comunitárias. A pesquisa é comparativa e multicasos cujo percurso metodológico agrega insumos históricos, teórico-conceituais, análise institucional e pesquisa de campo aplicada junto a gestores de incubadoras: oito inquiridos (representando quatro incubadoras) via interlocução direta e outros 26 por interlocução indireta com aplicação de formulário eletrônico à distância (25 incubadoras). Às de mantenedoras comunitárias demostraram melhor performance na execução de processos operacionais, gerenciais e estratégicos (manutenção e investimento de infraestrutura; despesas correntes, elaboração de documentos jurídicos, contratação de pessoal; mudança de posicionamento estratégico), dentre outros atributos associados a parâmetros internacionais de desempenho de incubadoras empresariais, cultura empreendedora universitária, e flexibilidade na elaboração de programas de incubação a novos nichos de mercado (inclusive negócios de impacto social). / [en] Brazilian Third Sector has been reconfigured to approach the social businesses and their respective support institutions. Social entreprises are hybrid organizations that seek to address socio-environmental problems based on business models governed by market mechanisms. They differ from non-governmental organizations because they do not rely on philanthropic resources or donations; they do not fit as traditional companies because they have as main success measure the social impact of their actions, not only profit; they distance themselves from corporate social responsibility initiatives because of the fact that their positive results do not come from mitigating a negative externality or from actions that are core business disassociated. The thesis analyzes the university business incubators that host such startups social businesses. They are bureaucratic institutions with complex nature and interconnections, that can conform typological modalities guided by the nature of their maintainers - private, public and community. The research is comparative and multicases with a methodological route that aggregates historical, theoretical-conceptual inputs, institutional analysis and research with incubator managers: eight respondents (representing four incubators) as direct interlocutors and 26 others as indirect interlocutors that were reached by electronic form application at a distance (representing 25 incubators). The university business incubators with community maintainers demonstrated a better performance in the execution of operational, managerial and strategic processes (maintenance and investment of infrastructure; current expenses, preparation of legal documents, hiring of personnel; change of strategic positioning), among other attributes associated with international incubators performance parameters, entrepreneurial culture, flexibility of incubation of new market niches (including social entreprises).

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-26T10:54:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Cardoso Romão Freitas.pdf: 1820518 bytes, checksum: 8cb9d6a91d28616f499df295b084c5ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T10:54:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Cardoso Romão Freitas.pdf: 1820518 bytes, checksum: 8cb9d6a91d28616f499df295b084c5ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Social Impact Business (NIS) is growing in different parts of the world and Social Innovation (IS) emerges as an alternative to create innovative solutions in an inclusive way. There is evidence that Social Innovation can become important to economic and social growth. Such is due to the fact that we are experiencing transformative challenges such as Longevity Revolution, which is occurring in Brazil and in different parts of the world and requires innovative initiatives to meet new needs resulting from this transformation. In the literature review, there were identified some gaps in the field, such as: few empirical studies about Social Impact Business and Social Innovation and inexistence of studies on NIS and IS for the challenge of longevity increase. Then, from this gap and knowing that in the near future a big part of the population will be elder, we come to the question of this research: How can Social Impact Business and Social Innovation propose solutions to overcome the challenge of increasing longevity? The proposal of this research is to illustrate how Social Impact Business and Social Innovations can bring solutions to this challenge. The methodological procedures followed a qualitative and exploratory approach with interviews to obtain of evidence source. The process of data analysis was done with the help of ATLAS.ti software, based on coding technique. The results of this research show that the main challenge of the Longevity Revolution is prejudice. Other fifteen challenges were evidenced in this research. The greatest contribution in social outcome by the companies participating in this research is the possibility of social existence. This social result contributes strongly to two of the four pillars of Active Aging, which are important elements in response to the Longevity Revolution / Os Negócios de Impacto Social (NIS) estão em crescimento em diferentes partes do globo e a Inovação Social (IS) surge como uma alternativa para criar soluções inovadoras de forma inclusiva. Hoje, há indícios de que a IS pode se tornar fundamental para o crescimento econômico e social. Isto se deve ao fato de estarmos vivenciando desafios transformadores como a Revolução da Longevidade, que está ocorrendo no Brasil e no mundo e requer iniciativas inovadoras para atender às novas necessidades decorrentes desta transformação. Foram identificadas, por meio da revisão de literatura, algumas lacunas no campo, tais como: poucos estudos empíricos sobre NIS e IS e ausência de estudos sobre NIS e IS para a questão Revolução da Longevidade. A partir destas lacunas, e tendo em vista que, em um futuro próximo, grande parte da população será idosa, chegamos à questão desta pesquisa: como os NISe as Inovações Sociais podem trazer soluções para superar o desafio da crescente longevidade da população? O objetivo desta pesquisa é, portanto, ilustrar como os NIS e as IS podem trazer soluções para o desafio da crescente longevidade da população. Os procedimentos metodológicos adotados seguiram uma abordagem qualitativa e exploratória, com aplicação de entrevistas em profundidade como fonte de dados e evidências. O processo de análise dos dados foi feito com auxílio do software ATLAS.ti e com base na técnica de codificação. Os resultados revelaram quinze principais desafios da Revolução da Longevidade, sendo o preconceito o maior entre eles. Já a maior contribuição em resultado social oferecido pelas empresas participantes desta pesquisa é a possibilidade de existência social. Tal resultado social contribui fortemente com dois dos quatro pilares do Envelhecimento Ativo, resposta da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) para a Revolução da Longevidade

O modelo econômico capitalista trouxe importantes conquistas e aumento da riqueza global no último século. Porém, a distribuição desta riqueza não acompanhou seu crescimento, gerando desigualdades profundas entre países e entre camadas das suas populações. Este cenário leva a um repensar da forma tradicional de se fazer negócios em diversas partes do mundo, com a visão de que é possível utilizar as ferramentas de mercado para reduzir problemas sociais, configurando os \"negócios sociais\". Estes, fundem em sua missão motivações financeiras e sociais concomitantes. Porém, esta ambiguidade de objetivos frequentemente gera tensões na gestão do negócio, seja por diferenças culturais, trade offs, diferentes horizontes temporais, ou outras situações em que há divergência entre a dimensão social e financeira da organização. Muitas vezes, a solução não está dentro da empresa, mas sim no seu ambiente organizacional. Em diversas destas situações, as variáveis do ambiente são participantes da tensão, fatores facilitadores, ou fatores dificultadores para o gerenciamento da tensão. Sendo assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como as tensões entre objetivos sociais e financeiros nos negócios sociais se relacionam com as variáveis do ambiente organizacional. O entendimento destas relações pode auxiliar os gestores a priorizar variáveis a serem monitoradas, identificar previamente possíveis tensões, ou considerar mais informações para tomar decisões em que há divergências entre a dimensão social e financeira da organização. Para atingir este objetivo, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa descritiva, através de entrevistas seguindo roteiro semi-estruturado, a 10 gestores de negócios sociais, levantando suas experiências e percepções acerca destas tensões e do ambiente. Foi possível identificar que todas as organizações já vivenciaram estas situações de tensão, porém muitas vezes a tensão representou uma etapa de amadurecimento ou re-alinhamento de objetivos entre os membros da organização. Identificou-se também que as tensões mais frequentes nas organizações estão relacionadas à necessidade de tomar medidas de curto prazo, para sobrevivência financeira, que divergem dos objetivos de longo prazo, de maximizar o impacto social. Muitas das organizações já definiram diretrizes ou critérios de priorização para curto prazo e longo prazo que aceleram o gerenciamento de tensões relacionadas à decisões do dia a dia, porém as situações que acarretam em trade-offs diretos são mais complexas e analisadas caso a caso. Foi possível relacionar diferentes variáveis a diferentes tipos de tensão, sendo que tiveram maior destaque variáveis do ambiente operacional (clientes, governo como cliente, investidores, parceiros estratégicos, cenário tecnológico) e do ambiente interno (valores e aspirações dos proprietários e funcionários). Identificou-se uma sobreposição entre os dois ambientes, uma vez que os valores e aspirações dos investidores e principais parceiros também foram relacionadas a diferentes tensões. / The capitalist economic model brought important achievements and the increase of the global wealth in the last century. However, the distribution of this wealth did not follow its growth, generating severe inequalities between countries and population classes. This scenario leads to a rethinking of the traditional way to do business in many parts of the world, with the vision that it is possible to utilize the tools of the capitalist market to reduce social problems, creating the social business. They combine in their mission both financial as well as social motivations. The ambiguity between social and financial objectives, however, frequently generates tension in managing the business, whether by cultural differences, trade offs between objectives, different time horizons, or in other situatiuons where there is divergence between the social and the financial dimensions of the organization. Often, the solution is not found within the company, but in its organization environment. In several of these situations, the environment variables are part of the tension, factors that either help facilitate or hinder its management. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how the tensions between social and financial objectives in social businesses relate to the variables of the organizational environment. Understanding these relationships can help managers to prioritize variables to be monitored, identify previously possible tensions, or consider more informed decisions in which there are divergences between the social and financial dimensions of the organization. To achieve this goal,a descriptive study was conducted through semi-structured interviews, with 10 managers of social business, assessing their experiences and perceptions of these tensions and the business environment. It was possible to identify that all interviewed organizations have experienced these situations of tension; however, often this tension represented an evolution on the company\'s stage of maturity or the re-alignment of goals between members of the organization. It was also found that the most frequent tensions in organizations are related to the need for short-term measures to guarantee financial survival, which differ from the long-term objectives to maximize social impact. Several organizations interviewed have already set guidelines or prioritization criteria for short and long-term goals that accelerate management decisions related to the tensions of everyday business, but situations that lead to direct trade-offs between financial and social objectives are more complex and are analyzed case by case. It was also possible to identify different variables to different types of tension, where the most prominent were of the operational environment (customers, government as a customer, investors, strategic partners, technological scenario) and internal environment (values and aspirations of the owners and employees). An overlap between the two environments was also identified, as it was possible to relate the values and aspirations of investors and key partners to different tensions.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-07-08T14:29:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dulce Helena Teixeira e Silva.pdf: 736674 bytes, checksum: cd31da07d348bc73e3440711314ea209 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-08T14:29:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dulce Helena Teixeira e Silva.pdf: 736674 bytes, checksum: cd31da07d348bc73e3440711314ea209 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-17 / Nenhuma / Esta pesquisa se dispõe a colocar a lente de estudo sobre o tema inovação social no intuito de conhecer e analisar como se dão suas práticas em organizações que atuam através do modelo de franquias sociais. A fundamentação teórica partiu de uma introdução ao tema inovação, como também com a forma como vem se desenvolvendo os estudos acadêmicos na área. O tema central da pesquisa é apresentado com base em alguns conceitos extraídos de publicações nacionais e internacionais, bem como instituições que se dedicam ao estudo da inovação social. Além disso, buscou-se embasamento teórico também nos conceitos de empreendedores e empreendedorismo social, nos fundamentos acerca de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial, na Teoria dos Custos de Transações e na influência do ambiente institucional e as respectivas mudanças isomórficas dele decorrentes. A pesquisa é um estudo de casos múltiplos, onde foram verificadas e analisadas as práticas de inovações sociais em organizações que atuam através do modelo de franquias sociais. As instituições pesquisadas foram escolhidas após terem sido elencadas 17 franquias sociais em atividade no Brasil. Optou-se por estudar aquelas que se concentram na área educacional, tendo em vista que um dos problemas sociais recorrentes no Brasil é a baixa escolarização e qualificação, bem como as desigualdades sociais daí decorrentes. Após a revisão bibliográfica deu-se início ao estudo de campo em franqueadoras e franqueadas. Concluiu-se que os modelos de franquia social estudados estão alinhados com o conceito de inovação social e que organizações que desejam atuar no âmbito social e não o fazem por não possuir know-how para tal, podem se valer destes modelos como forma de minimizar riscos e atuar de maneira mais assertiva. Como contribuição acadêmica, acredita-se que este trabalho seja uma possibilidade de apresentar como a inovação social acontece na prática, apresentando, através do estudo de casos múltiplos, de que forma as organizações que atuam a partir do modelo de franquia social agem para que a inovação social aconteça. Espera-se que esta pesquisa venha a servir também de estímulo àquelas instituições que ainda não atuam no contexto social e que venham a fazê-lo, depois de conhecer como se dão as práticas em outras organizações. / This research sets out to put the lens on the subject of social innovation in order to know and analyze how happen their practices in organizations that operate under a model of social franchise. The theoretical foundation has started from an introduction to the innovation topic as well the way it has been developed academic studies in this area. The central theme of this research is presented based on some concepts drawn from national and international publications, as well as, institutions devoted to the study of social innovation. Furthermore, it was sought also in the theoretical concepts of social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs, in the grounds on Corporate Social Responsibility, in Transactions Costs Theory and in the institutional environment influence and its arising isomorphic changes. The research is a multiple case study, where it was checked and analyzed the social innovation practices in organizations that operate through the social model franchise. The institutions surveyed were chosen after being listed 17 social franchises operating in Brazil. Those were chosen to study because of their focus in education, considering that the one of the recurring social problems in Brazil is the low education and qualification, as well as, social inequalities arising therefrom. Following the literature review, it was initiated the study in the field of franchisors and franchisees. It was concluded that social franchising models studied are aligned with the concept of social innovation and organizations wishing to operate in the social scope and do not do it for not having the know how to do so, can draw these models as a way to minimize risks, acting more assertively. As academic contribution, it is believed that this work is a possibility of displaying how social innovation happens in practice, showing, through a multiple case study, the way organizations make, from the franchise model, the social innovation happen. It is hoped that this research will also serve as a stimulus to those institutions that do not operate in a social context and that will be able to do it, after knowing how to give the practices in other organizations.