Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Voids, Institutional Support, and Institutional Configurations

Journal of International Business Studies, 46(3): 308-331, 2015

24 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2016

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Ute Stephan

Aston University - Aston Business School

Lorraine M. Uhlaner

EDHEC Business School

Christopher Stride

University of Sheffield - Department of Psychology

Date Written: June 1, 2015

Abstract

We develop the institutional configuration perspective to understand which national contexts facilitate social entrepreneurship (SE). We confirm joint effects on SE of formal regulatory (government activism), informal cognitive (postmaterialist cultural values), and informal normative (socially supportive cultural norms, or weak-tie social capital) institutions in a multilevel study of 106,484 individuals in 26 nations. We test opposing propositions from the institutional void and institutional support perspectives. Our results underscore the importance of resource support from both formal and informal institutions, and highlight motivational supply side influences on SE. They advocate greater consideration of institutional configurations in institutional theory and comparative entrepreneurship research.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship, institutions, institutional voids, culture, comparative entrepreneurship, soical capital

JEL Classification: M13, D64, I30

Suggested Citation

Stephan, Ute and Uhlaner, Lorraine M. and Stride, Christopher, Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Voids, Institutional Support, and Institutional Configurations (June 1, 2015). Journal of International Business Studies, 46(3): 308-331, 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2796650

Ute Stephan (Contact Author)

Aston University - Aston Business School ( email )

Aston Triangle
Birmingham, B47ET
United Kingdom

Lorraine M. Uhlaner

EDHEC Business School ( email )

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France

Christopher Stride

University of Sheffield - Department of Psychology ( email )

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United Kingdom
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