The following special research forum on "The Social Performance and
Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship" has been published on-line and is
available for all Business & Society subscribers.
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The Social Performance and Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship
Mark C. Casson and Stephen Pavelin
This article summarizes the commentary essay and two research articles comprising the special research
forum on “The Social Performance and Responsibilities of Entrepreneurship.” A commentary essay by
William J. Baumol addresses the social responsibilities of successful entrepreneurs. A research article
by Laura J. Spence examines the social responsibilities of small businesses. A research article by
Henning Engelke, Stefanie Mauksch, Inga-Lena Darkow, and Heiko von der Gracht examines scenarios for
social enterprises in Germany.
A forthcoming article by William J. Baumol titled, “On the Appropriate Social Responsibilities of
Successful Entrepreneurs” from Business & Society online first is featured October 13, 2014 on the SAGE
management blog – Management INK. The link below should lead to the article.
http://bas.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/16/0007650314523087.abstract
Business & Society Online First article now available electronically to subscribers.
Heading Toward a More Social Future? Scenarios for Social Enterprises in Germany
Henning Engelke, Stefanie Mauksch, Inga-Lena Darkow, and Heiko von der Gracht
ABSTRACT In recent years, the public sector in many countries has had difficulty keeping abreast of
social problems due to restricted financial resources and limited organizational capacities. As a
consequence, entrepreneurs have started to address social welfare issues that the public sector has been
unable to tackle with an innovative approach called social enterprise. The authors present research on
the future prospects of social enterprise as a sustainable business model for industrialized countries.
As there is a lack of historical and current data, the authors aim to contribute to and structure the
debate about the potential of the concept. Therefore, the authors provide initial data from a Delphi
survey on the future development of social enterprise in a multistakeholder environment. Experts from
academia, business, nongovernmental and governmental organizations, social enterprise investors, and
social entrepreneurs evaluated 16 projections for the year 2030. Based on these results, the authors
present comprehensive scenarios of four different possible developments of the future of social
enterprise in Germany.
This OnlineFirst article is now available electronically to all subscribers.
Small Business Social Responsibility: Expanding Core CSR Theory
Laura J. Spence
ABSTRACT This article seeks to expand business and society research in a number of ways. Its primary
purpose is to redraw two core corporate social responsibility (CSR) theories (stakeholder theory and
Carroll’s CSR pyramid), enhancing their relevance for small business. This redrawing is done by the
application of the ethic of care, informed by the value of feminist perspectives and the extant
empirical research on small business social responsibility. It is proposed that the expanded versions of
core theory have wider relevance, value, and implications beyond the small firm context. The
theorization of small business social responsibility enables engagement with the mainstream of CSR
research as well as making a contribution to small business studies in scholarly, policy, and practice
terms.
Andy Crane, Dirk Matten, Irene Henriques, Bryan Husted
Co-Editors, Business & Society
Schulich School of Business
York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3
baseditors@schulich.yorku.ca
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