Blended Value Creation: The Mediating Role of Competences

by Rama Krishna Reddy Kummitha

Blended Value Creation: The Mediating Role of Competences

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Prosocial entrepreneurial competences help founders acquire resources to create blended value once a venture has been established.
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Abstract

Research on prosocial entrepreneurship so far has focused either on ex-ante motives to create prosocial enterprises or on ex-post strategies to protect mission orientation. Surprisingly little is known about the prosocial entrepreneurial competences that help acquire resources to create blended value once a venture has been established. To fill this gap, this article presents a qualitative study in an Indian setting that shows how prosocial entrepreneurs adopt three types of competences to assemble resources when they establish their ventures.


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