Articulation Strategy for the Strengthening of the Management of Social Entrepreneurship Projects, South Region of Colombia Experience

Cristian  Rincón-Guio; Jennifer Tovar  Quintero; Juan Carlos Salazar  Losada; Zaida Yonerica Cacua  Rincón; David Felipe  Escobar-Molina; Juan Diego Ce deño-Ramírez; Jose Eduardo Corredor  Torres

doi:10.36941/ajis-2022-0145

Authors

Cristian Rincón-Guio Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, UCC, Neiva, Colombia
Jennifer Tovar Quintero Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, UCC, Neiva, Colombia
Juan Carlos Salazar Losada Campus Virtual, CVUDES, Universidad de Santander, UDES, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Zaida Yonerica Cacua Rincón Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia
David Felipe Escobar-Molina Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería, ECBTI, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, UNAD, Neiva, Colombia
Juan Diego Ce deño-Ramírez Facultad de Economía y Administración, Universidad Surcolombiana, USCO, Neiva, Colombia
Jose Eduardo Corredor Torres Instituto de Educación a Distancia, IDEAD, Universidad del Tolima, U Tolima, Neiva, Colombia; Territorial Huila, Caquetá y Bajo Putumayo, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, ESAP, Neiva, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2022-0145

Keywords:

Development, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, Startup, Regional

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship has an increasingly important role in the solution of current social challenges. The aim of this document is to establish an articulation strategy to strengthen the management of social entrepreneurship projects in a region of southern Colombia. A mixed study was carried out by collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. Actors of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem was studied. Surveys were applied to social entrepreneurs, interviews and focus groups with experts in entrepreneurship from the academic, public and private sectors were carried out. The level of development of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem was identified through the collection of primary sources. Finally, strategies were designed to strengthen the projects of this ecosystem. The strategies focused on the ecosystem community, an enabling environment, the interconnection of the Ecosystem, Entrepreneurial Development Programs, Education, and a city-wide entrepreneurial strategy.

Received: 21 August 2022 / Accepted: 11 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022