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Business Support Organizations and For-profit Social Ventures

Ladron de Guevara, Raimundo LU and Hodgson, Victor LU (2018) ENTN19 20171
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
The rise in entrepreneurial activity over the last 15 years has created space for a nascent
industry among the public and private sectors: Business Support Organization (BSO). In the
last years, some BSOs have broadened their offer to include for-profit social ventures. Unlike
traditional businesses, these ventures try to create a positive social impact while attempting to
be economically self-sustainable. However, these disparate goals create several paradoxes
and tensions within the organization of the venture that can put at risk its growth and
existence. It is relevant to ask whether the support that BSOs offer to social ventures differs
from that which they offer to traditional ventures. In a qualitative analysis of how BSOs in... (More)
The rise in entrepreneurial activity over the last 15 years has created space for a nascent
industry among the public and private sectors: Business Support Organization (BSO). In the
last years, some BSOs have broadened their offer to include for-profit social ventures. Unlike
traditional businesses, these ventures try to create a positive social impact while attempting to
be economically self-sustainable. However, these disparate goals create several paradoxes
and tensions within the organization of the venture that can put at risk its growth and
existence. It is relevant to ask whether the support that BSOs offer to social ventures differs
from that which they offer to traditional ventures. In a qualitative analysis of how BSOs in
the Skåne region of Sweden understand and work with for-profit social ventures and the
performing tension inherent to them, results show that there is significant variety between
BSOs. BSOs that work primarily with traditional ventures do not account for the performing
tensions when providing guidance, while those BSOs that are socially oriented have widely
recognized that this and other tensions are an unavoidable part of running a social venture,
and view them as inherent to the business model. (Less)
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author
Ladron de Guevara, Raimundo LU and Hodgson, Victor LU
supervisor
organization
course
ENTN19 20171
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Business Support Organization, Social Entrepreneurship, For-profit Social Venture, Hybrid Organizing, Paradoxes, Tensions
language
English
id
8933005
date added to LUP
2018-01-30 13:41:15
date last changed
2018-01-30 13:41:15
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  abstract     = {{The rise in entrepreneurial activity over the last 15 years has created space for a nascent
industry among the public and private sectors: Business Support Organization (BSO). In the
last years, some BSOs have broadened their offer to include for-profit social ventures. Unlike
traditional businesses, these ventures try to create a positive social impact while attempting to
be economically self-sustainable. However, these disparate goals create several paradoxes
and tensions within the organization of the venture that can put at risk its growth and
existence. It is relevant to ask whether the support that BSOs offer to social ventures differs
from that which they offer to traditional ventures. In a qualitative analysis of how BSOs in
the Skåne region of Sweden understand and work with for-profit social ventures and the
performing tension inherent to them, results show that there is significant variety between
BSOs. BSOs that work primarily with traditional ventures do not account for the performing
tensions when providing guidance, while those BSOs that are socially oriented have widely
recognized that this and other tensions are an unavoidable part of running a social venture,
and view them as inherent to the business model.}},
  author       = {{Ladron de Guevara, Raimundo and Hodgson, Victor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Business Support Organizations and For-profit Social Ventures}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}