Creating social value through orchestration processes in innovation networks: The case of "Garbage Ladies" as a social entrepreneurial venture

ÖZEREN E., SAATÇIOĞLU Ö. Y., AYDIN E.

JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT, vol.31, no.5, pp.1206-1224, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/jocm-06-2017-0213
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1206-1224
  • Keywords: Gender, Women entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship, Innovation network, Network process, Orchestration, RESOURCE ACQUISITION, DIVERSITY, WOMEN, TRUST
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose Social entrepreneurs innovatively exploit opportunities and create, in this way, social change and value by bringing together different resources to meet social needs and solve social problems. To achieve this, given their limited size and financial resources, the personal ties and social networks that social entrepreneurs build in this process play a crucial role in developing relationships and enabling their ventures to succeed. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of network processes in innovative activities carried out by social entrepreneurs and to stress the importance of network processes rather than network structure/design for social innovation.