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To investigate how state intervention coordinates diverse institutional actors to establish an impact investing ecosystem supporting social entrepreneurship and innovation.

June 6, 2023Journal of the Knowledge EconomyOpen Access

An Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation: How the State Integrates Actors for Developing Impact Investing in Portugal

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TCTania Pereira ChristopoulosUniversidade de São Paulo PMPedro Verga MatosUniversity of Lisbon RBRafael Drumond BorgesUniversity of Lisbon

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Qualitative case study reveals state coordination challenges in Portuguese impact investing ecosystems, suggesting that social entrepreneurship requires socially embedded community actions.

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To investigate how state intervention coordinates diverse institutional actors to establish an impact investing ecosystem supporting social entrepreneurship and innovation.
Conducted 20 in-depth qualitative interviews in Portugal with actors across the private sector, government, NGOs, and European Union authorities.
Analyzed stakeholder dynamics under an institutional theory framework using an inductive approach to construct a process-based ecosystem model.
The state experiences significant difficulty engaging private sector entities to supply capital and resources to the emerging impact investing ecosystem.
Emerging social entrepreneurs struggle to navigate regulatory barriers and fulfill supplier selection criteria, while intermediary organizations contest their structural positioning.
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation initiatives perform most effectively when organized as socially embedded solutions addressing localized demands.

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Christopoulos et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbdb2064ccad2978835c92 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01279-9

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Qualitative case study reveals state coordination challenges in Portuguese impact investing ecosystems, suggesting that social entrepreneurship requires socially embedded community actions.

An Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation: How the State Integrates Actors for Developing Impact Investing in Portugal

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An Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation: How the State Integrates Actors for Developing Impact Investing in Portugal

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