Contextual Hybridity in Action: Socially Embedded Entrepreneurship and Community Resilience in Indonesia

Research on social entrepreneurship in the developing countries remains limited, particurlarly in post-democratic transition contexts. Drawing on cross-sectoral case studies upon 7 social entrepreneur organisation—spanning agriculture, ecology, microfinance, health, and the creative industries—this study examines how Indonesian sociopreneurs navigate institutional voids. . , . It highlights the strategic use of social trust, cultural values and local political relations, with particular attention to tthe latter’s ambivalent role both as an enabling and constraining force organizational autonomy. Given the findings, we argue that social innovation in developing countries reflects context-specific alternatives shaped by social, cultural and political boundaries, rather than Western replication..