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ICT: A Resource for Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship

ICT: A Resource for Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship

Preeta M. Banerjee
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466626676|ISBN10: 1466626674|EISBN13: 9781466626980
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2667-6.ch010
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Banerjee, Preeta M. "ICT: A Resource for Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship." Social E-Enterprise: Value Creation through ICT, edited by Teresa Torres-Coronas and María Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 165-178. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2667-6.ch010

APA

Banerjee, P. M. (2013). ICT: A Resource for Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship. In T. Torres-Coronas & M. Vidal-Blasco (Eds.), Social E-Enterprise: Value Creation through ICT (pp. 165-178). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2667-6.ch010

Chicago

Banerjee, Preeta M. "ICT: A Resource for Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship." In Social E-Enterprise: Value Creation through ICT, edited by Teresa Torres-Coronas and María Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, 165-178. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2667-6.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter highlights the use of ICT as a resource for making do with what is on hand (bricolage) in social entrepreneurship. A growing proportion of social entrepreneurs are starting in fundamentally resource-constrained yet dynamic and uncertain environments. This chapter investigates the role of ICT as a bricolagable resource that provides malleability and scalability for social entrepreneurship. However, findings suggest that implementing ICT alone is a resource model set for failure. Such a tactic ignores the need for co-evolution with complementary human capital of the entrepreneur(s). These insights are valuable not only for the building of social entrepreneurship ventures, but more broadly for resource-constrained firms in dynamic and uncertain environments that are required to leverage resources for competitive advantage.

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