Ecossistema de empreendedorismo social: o caso do Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

In the last decades, due to the problems that plague society, the interest of organizations has intensified in adopting a perspective of enterprises that contemplate the social and environmental dimensions. And these ventures need an environment where they can be developed and prosper, called by some authors as social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Thus, this work aims to analyze the configurations of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem (SEE) in Paraíba from the model described by Isenberg (2011) and adapted by Audretsch et al. (2022) for the social entrepreneurship segment. In methodological terms, this dissertation adopted a qualitative approach of the descriptive and exploratory type. In order to do so, a case study was carried out with actors from the Paraíba Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. The data collection techniques used were semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation. The analysis of the results was carried out with the aid of the ATLAS.ti software, through content analysis. The results showed, in the configuration of the investigated social entrepreneurship ecosystem, the presence of elements in development approaching entrepreneurship and innovation. The SEE of Paraíba proved to be an environment still in development, lacking the interaction between social, organizational and institutional actors for the ecosystem strengthening of the region.