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Institutional intermediaries as legitimizing agents for social enterprise in China and India

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  • Janelle A. Kerlin
  • Saurabh A. Lall
  • Shuyang Peng
  • Tracy Shicun Cui

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This study conducts a comparative analysis of social enterprise intermediaries in China and India to better understand how they legitimize social enterprises in new settings. To address theoretical weakness in this sphere, it combines several institutional theories to capture disruptions created by institutional innovation and also legitimizing processes. Drawing on data collected from surveys, interviews, and websites in each country, it finds that intermediaries mitigate negative and leverage positive influences of external institutions though their strategies vary due to country differences in institutional pressures. This information is key to building intermediaries’ capacity to institutionalize social enterprises as new institutional actors.

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  • Janelle A. Kerlin & Saurabh A. Lall & Shuyang Peng & Tracy Shicun Cui, 2021. "Institutional intermediaries as legitimizing agents for social enterprise in China and India," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(5), pages 731-753, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:23:y:2021:i:5:p:731-753
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2020.1865441
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    1. Xiao‐Min Yu & Xiang‐Yang Bi, 2024. "Scaling strategies, organizational capabilities and scaling social impact: An investigation of social enterprises in China," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(1), pages 129-152, March.
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    5. De Beule, Filip & Bruneel, Johan & Dobson, Kieran, 2023. "The internationalization of social enterprises: The impact of business model characteristics," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(6).
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    8. Casper Hendrik Claassen & Eric Bidet & Junki Kim, 2023. "South Korean social enterprises and their networks: On their organizational linkages at the interstice between the third, public, and corporate sectors," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(2), pages 365-397, June.

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