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A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enabling Social Entrepreneurship. Examining the Role and Accessibility of Places of Support in Bogotá

Fischer, Nicolas Frederic LU (2021) MIDM19 20211
Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Abstract
Social entrepreneurship integrates a focus on tackling social issues with economically sustainable business activities, thereby also presenting a new form of private sector engagement in development work. This mixed-method case study contributes to the nascent body of academic literature by examining the role and accessibility of the social entrepreneurship support ecosystem in the context of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. Employing a socio-spatial approach, this study collects primary data from online interviews with seven places of support (PoS) in Bogotá to understand how they enable social entrepreneurship before geographically mapping the city’s support ecosystem in relation to Bogotá’s socioeconomically stratified residential blocks.... (More)
Social entrepreneurship integrates a focus on tackling social issues with economically sustainable business activities, thereby also presenting a new form of private sector engagement in development work. This mixed-method case study contributes to the nascent body of academic literature by examining the role and accessibility of the social entrepreneurship support ecosystem in the context of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. Employing a socio-spatial approach, this study collects primary data from online interviews with seven places of support (PoS) in Bogotá to understand how they enable social entrepreneurship before geographically mapping the city’s support ecosystem in relation to Bogotá’s socioeconomically stratified residential blocks. This research is informed by existing literature and guided by an analytical framework which integrates Bourdieu’s theory of capital and Porter’s cluster theory from the field of economic geography. The findings show that support for social entrepreneurs is focused on social and cultural capital acquisition as PoS are aware of their convertibility into economic capital. However, access to the ecosystem of PoS is highly clustered in Bogotá and limits access of those living in socioeconomically lower stratified areas of the city. These findings can benefit further academic exploration of social entrepreneurship and urban planning efforts in Bogotá alike. (Less)
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author
Fischer, Nicolas Frederic LU
supervisor
organization
course
MIDM19 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
social entrepreneurship, Colombia, Bogotá, socio-spatial, socioeconomic stratification, places of support, social capital, cultural capital, accessibility, segregation
language
English
id
9062774
date added to LUP
2021-09-09 11:56:43
date last changed
2021-09-09 11:56:43
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  abstract     = {{Social entrepreneurship integrates a focus on tackling social issues with economically sustainable business activities, thereby also presenting a new form of private sector engagement in development work. This mixed-method case study contributes to the nascent body of academic literature by examining the role and accessibility of the social entrepreneurship support ecosystem in the context of Colombia’s capital Bogotá. Employing a socio-spatial approach, this study collects primary data from online interviews with seven places of support (PoS) in Bogotá to understand how they enable social entrepreneurship before geographically mapping the city’s support ecosystem in relation to Bogotá’s socioeconomically stratified residential blocks. This research is informed by existing literature and guided by an analytical framework which integrates Bourdieu’s theory of capital and Porter’s cluster theory from the field of economic geography. The findings show that support for social entrepreneurs is focused on social and cultural capital acquisition as PoS are aware of their convertibility into economic capital. However, access to the ecosystem of PoS is highly clustered in Bogotá and limits access of those living in socioeconomically lower stratified areas of the city. These findings can benefit further academic exploration of social entrepreneurship and urban planning efforts in Bogotá alike.}},
  author       = {{Fischer, Nicolas Frederic}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enabling Social Entrepreneurship. Examining the Role and Accessibility of Places of Support in Bogotá}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}