Framework de mensuração do empreendedorismo social para países em desenvolvimento.

Abstract

The research aims to propose and validate a framework with measurement elements of social entrepreneurship for developing countries. This dissertation was divided into three parts, each corresponding to a paper submitted to a scientific journal. Several methodologies were adopted in this exploratory qualitative-quantitative research. First, through a literature mapping, the dynamics of studies in social entrepreneurship, its drivers and guiding topics during the last 20 years were determined. Afterward, an in depth analysis of the published literature on entrepreneurship measurement models was carried out. Which aimed to identify the main measuring elements and consequently their dimensions, in order to propose an adaptation to social entrepreneurship, providing a basis for the framework. From the generated framework, a second phase of the research used the Delphi method by surveying an international panel of 24 experts, who research social entrepreneurship in developing countries. The final study validated a model with social entrepreneurship measuring elements for developing countries and its indicators. Among the study’s contributions, the development of a form of assessment for social entrepreneurship in a specific context stands out. The results also tend to contribute to the advance of the field, given that it can become a tool, a measurement model that includes the main characteristic elements of both the entrepreneur and the social enterprise.