Chantal Hervieux

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Saint Mary's University

Social entrepreneurship (SE) is perceived as a legitimate and innovative solution to social problems. Yet, when one looks at the literature one finds that the social problems that the SE movement seeks to address and how these problems are identified and defined are not studied. This lack of attention to the defining of social problems in SE has im...

This article examines the concept of creating shared value (CSV) as articulated by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, in non-Western and Western contexts. We define non-Western contexts as those in so-called “developing” countries and emerging economies, whereas Western ones pertain to dominant thinking in “developed” regions. We frame our research in...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to propose a systems change lens to current approaches to assessing social impact in social ventures. Many existing tools for measuring social impact are limited in their capacity to assess the inherent complexities and interconnected nature of the work done by social enterprises. Design/methodology/approach –...

The Sustainable Development Goals were heralded as representing a transformative approach to addressing the world’s most pressing problems. They have been widely adopted, yet many question the effectiveness of initiatives that do not consider system-wide effects. This chapter reviews relevant literature on wicked problems, presenting our findings f...

Research Summary Critical scholars recognize a disjuncture between the problems identified by social entrepreneurs and the solutions they propose. Existing theory treats this as a problem to be rectified at the organizational level. In this essay, we widen attention to the macro‐oriented systems change strategies of social entrepreneurs. We develop...

Paradigme dominant, l’approche néo-classique a, au fil des scandales environnementaux et sociaux, progressivement intégré des enjeux sociaux, environnementaux et de gouvernance, portés par les défenseurs de la RSE. Nous argumentons ici qu’aujourd’hui il importe de reconnaitre que la RSE dans ses nombreuses formes est maintenant « mainstream ». Les...

There is a growing recognition of the need for businesses to drive social impacts (Florman, Klingler-Vidra, & Facada, 2016). However, many existing tools for assessing this impact are limited in their capacity to capture complexity (Antadze & Westley, 2012).Thus, while a range of tools is available to assess social value from the perspective of inv...

It is widely accepted that innovation plays a key role in technology and economic development; however, the impact on social development does not seem to be an immediate or direct outcome of innovation. Ben Martin (2015) calls our attention to the need to address important social challenges and identify how innovation studies can make important con...

We analyse the Sharing in Progress (SIP) reports of 14 signatories to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) to explore how reporting might be improved in ways that are both credible and useful for business schools and their stakeholders. We apply the broad principles of the G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines...

Social entrepreneurship has become a popular discourse in social and environmental sectors (Nicholls, 2006). A number of studies have shown strong connection between the phenomenon and local contexts in which it arises (Weerawardena & Mort, 2006; Hoogendoorn & Hartog, 2011; Hechavarria, 2015). Yet, the current literature of social entrepreneurship...

The social impact of both for-profit and not-for-profit (NFP) organizations is increasingly recognized as a critical component for addressing complex problems such as poverty, climate change and food security. In fact, “the notion of the social impact of business has become so mainstream that government at the highest levels – including G8 leaders...

TEACHING CASE - Hope Blooms was a social enterprise based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, that grew its own garden produce and manufactured and sold a line of herb dressings. For a small social enterprise, it was remarkably successful. Hope Blooms had appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den and was constantly selling out of its products in local markets. In ad...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to further the discussion on points made by Giampietro Gobo, provide additional information on the place of qualitative research in management, and question the space of merged methods. Design/methodology/approach Use a conversational approach as well as a review of qualitative vs quantitative research in three...

In this article, we study hybrid organizations, namely those practicing social entrepreneurship and those practicing durable entrepreneurship. These organizations do not choose between the contradictory requirements fostered by the objectives that they pursue, be they double objectives (social and economic) or triple (social, economic and environme...

This article is an exploration of the duality of fragility and strength that exists within the non-profit sector as observed by current leadership, scholarly practitioners and academic researchers. Informed by a conceptual framework which incorporates paradox theory, hybridity and leadership concepts, the authors examine the balance and tensions as...

In our paper we focus on two hybrid domains, social and sustainable entrepreneurship, where organizations rather then selecting between the conflicting demands of the dual and triple objectives they pursue choose instead to embrace the paradox. As this hybridity implies embedded multiple identities and this in turn creates complexity and ambiguity,...

Ces dernières décennies, les concepts relatifs à l'entrepreneuriat social ont foissonné. L'entrepreneuriat social et l'entrepreneuriat environnemental ne sont que quelques intiatives parmi d'autres qui viennent remettre en question les principes de l,entrepreneuriat. Le preésent chapitre porte sur l'émergence de l'entrepreneuriat social en tant que...

L’exercice présenté dans la simulation consiste en un jeu de rôles sur le concept des parties prenantes. Par la mise en œuvre d’une simulation, il s’agit d’amener les participants à vivre directement l’expérience de prise de décision par consensus. Cette activité permet aux participants de négocier et de gérer des demandes contradictoires afin d’év...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationships of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market orientation (MO), Resources and performance in social entrepreneurship organizations as compared to commercial service SMEs. While authors have raised awareness about SE’s EO as well as its MO, little is known empirically about how these orientatio...

Depuis près de vingt ans, l’intérêt pour l’entrepreneuriat social (ES) ne cesse de croître et se manifeste autant par la percé du concept au niveau académique que dans le milieu de la pratique. Au niveau académique, la légitimité du concept est portée par des institutions importantes, comme celle de l’Academy of Management où la division de l’entre...

Purpose The paper aims to answer how important institutional actors, such as academic researchers, consulting firms, and foundations, are tracing the boundaries of social entrepreneurship (SE) and how they justify SE as a legitimate form of social purpose organization. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a discourse analysis methodology....

Cet ouvrage porte sur le commerce équitable (CÉ) et plus particulièrement sur la tension qui émerge de la tentative d’utiliser les mécanismes du marché pour promouvoir une cause, celle de l’équité avec les producteurs marginalisés du Sud. Mais pourquoi lire un ouvrage sur le CÉ alors que ce phénomène demeure relativement marginal ?En effet, le CÉ n...

Social entrepreneurs pursue missions to create social value while maintaining economic sustainability. Thus social entrepreneurship (SE) entails a synthesis of two seemingly contradictory “world views” or dominant logics; on the one hand a civic logic pertaining to co-operation and concern with the common good and on the other a "market" logic pert...

Social entrepreneur pursue missions to create social value while maintaining economical and environmental sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to analyse social entrepreneurship in order to show that its various expressions entail a synthesis of commercial and social logics. Our analysis shows that although this is true, different expressio...