Examining institutional arrangements for economic and social innovation

Social entrepreneurship is acknowledged as a viable way to address entrenched or complex social issues. Institutional structures affect how organizations emerge, and the choices and operational mechanisms which may be adopted. Institutions differ in developing and developed countries, and the institutional environment. SEO emergence needs to be examined within the context of specific environments, but the shaping effects of institutions on nascent social organizations are not well established. Comparing the emergence and operation of nascent social entrepreneurial organizations in strong institutional environments in developed countries with their counterparts in developing countries will improve our understanding of how organizations might emerge successfully in institutional voids.