A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

Social enterprises facilitate to rethink organization-environment dynamics because of their distinctive missions and models found in most countries. The study found that the social enterprise field in Bangladesh is susceptible to dual isomorphic pressures. They face a significant level of coercive a...

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Main Author: Islam, Raisa
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58759/
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description Social enterprises facilitate to rethink organization-environment dynamics because of their distinctive missions and models found in most countries. The study found that the social enterprise field in Bangladesh is susceptible to dual isomorphic pressures. They face a significant level of coercive and mimetic isomorphism influence within the local institutional environment and they also have a distinct relationship with the state. Propositions are developed for social enterprise field towards the country’s macro-level environment, enabling or constraining the field regarding prospects and perils. Based on the discussion of imposed & unpremeditated pressures, the relationship between these two actors are redefined. Limitations & implications for future research in supposed context is also discussed.
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spelling nottingham-587592022-12-09T10:18:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58759/ A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh Islam, Raisa Social enterprises facilitate to rethink organization-environment dynamics because of their distinctive missions and models found in most countries. The study found that the social enterprise field in Bangladesh is susceptible to dual isomorphic pressures. They face a significant level of coercive and mimetic isomorphism influence within the local institutional environment and they also have a distinct relationship with the state. Propositions are developed for social enterprise field towards the country’s macro-level environment, enabling or constraining the field regarding prospects and perils. Based on the discussion of imposed & unpremeditated pressures, the relationship between these two actors are redefined. Limitations & implications for future research in supposed context is also discussed. 2019-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58759/1/A%20Bird%20in%20an%20Iron%20Cage_%20%20Rethinking%20the%20Prospects%20%26%20Perils%20of%20Social%20Entrepreneurship%20in%20Bangladesh%20.pdf Islam, Raisa (2019) A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle Islam, Raisa
A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title_full A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title_fullStr A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title_short A Bird in an Iron Cage? Rethinking the Prospects & Perils of Social Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
title_sort bird in an iron cage? rethinking the prospects & perils of social entrepreneurship in bangladesh
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/58759/