Social entrepreneurship organisations and collaboration : taking stock and looking forward

Author's accepted version (postprint).This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Emerald in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research on 31/12/2021.Available online: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJEBR-02-2021-0144/full/pdf?title=social-entrepreneurship-organisations-and-collaboration-taking-stock-and-looking-forwardacceptedVersio

Title ‘Social innovation as a response to institutional voids in a northern context – a study from the Murmansk region’

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The doings of social entrepreneuring: Processes and practices of social venturing with public collaboration

Doctoral thesis (PhD) - Nord University, 2022Collaboration plays a vital role in social venturing in terms of resourcing, social venture development and increased social impact. Hence, what do social entrepreneurs do when they enact collaboration? Taking social venture-public collaboration as an empirical context, the thesis draws attention to the “doing” of social entrepreneuring by scrutinising the processes and practices through which social entrepreneurs enact public collaboration when resourcing social ventures and enabling public services to change. To address this, the study draws on two longitudinal case studies of social ventures in Norway and explores the processes and practices as they unfold and are experienced in real-time. The thesis consists of an extended cover essay (“kappe”) and four independent research papers that address a number of issues related to entrepreneurial “doing” for collaboration in ambiguous environments. ​The thesis challenges the individualised discourses of entrepreneurship by emphasising the importance of others in social entrepreneuring. As the resourcing and changing of public services is a collective endeavour, the findings underline the collective dimensions of social entrepreneuring. Approaching entrepreneurial “doing” from the practice ontology draws attention to the relational dynamics of entrepreneurial activities and practices, thereby stressing the importance of the mutual interpersonal relationships and surroundings within an entrepreneur's immediate practice. The thesis furthers our understanding of how social entrepreneurs weave new relations into collaboration by engaging in the specific practices and processes. It also extends our understanding of alternative investing by theorising it as brokering. In particular, the thesis points to the important role of social investors in enacting public collaboration, and thereby facilitating social venturing. Lastly, the thesis theorises on the powerful role of emotions as part of the entrepreneurial resourcing repertoire.​​The doings of social entrepreneuring: Processes and practices of social venturing with public collaborationpublishedVersio

Tales of the Unexpected: The Repair Work of an Entrepreneurial Resourcing Practice and the Role of Emotions

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Alternative investing as brokering:The embedding process of a Social Impact Bond model in a local context

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are gaining traction as a research topic. Using a longitudinal case study of a Norwegian social venture - Nature Magic - funded through a SIB model, this article explores the embedding process of a SIB model into a local context – diverging from previous research focused on empirical cases from the UK and USA and refining the social aspects of SIBs. We show that the SIB model is embedded through three processes: 1) cultivating opportunity; 2) pulling together; and 3) fostering experimentation and ‘mutation’. We find that these embedding processes were fostered through developing and activating bonding and bridging social capital. This study also extends our understanding of alternative investing by theorizing it as brokering. We find that social investors engage in brokering processes in facilitating collaboration between typically disconnected spheres - such as social ventures and municipalities - through these embedding processes

Gametogenesis and Spawning of Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta in Southeast Florida, USA

This study constitutes the first report of the gametogenic cycle of the scleractinian corals Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta. Tissue samples were collected near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA between July 2008 and November 2009 and processed for histological examination in an effort to determine reproductive mode and potential spawning times. Both S. bournoni and S. intersepta are gonochoric, broadcast spawning species. Gametogenesis of S. bournoni began in April or May while S. intersepta had a much longer oogenic cycle that began in December with spermatogenesis beginning in July. Though spawning was not observed in situ, spawning was inferred from the decrease of late stage gametes in histological samples. In addition, histological observations of oocyte resorption and released spermatozoa were used to corroborate spawning times. Data indicate that S. bournoni spawns in September while S. intersepta spawns after the full moon in late August or early Septemb

Gametogenesis and Spawning of Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta in Southeast Florida, USA

This study constitutes the first report of the gametogenic cycle of the scleractinian corals Solenastrea bournoni and Stephanocoenia intersepta. Tissue samples were collected near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA between July 2008 and November 2009 and processed for histological examination in an effort to determine reproductive mode and potential spawning times. Both S. bournoni and S. intersepta are gonochoric, broadcast spawning species. Gametogenesis of S. bournoni began in April or May while S. intersepta had a much longer oogenic cycle that began in December with spermatogenesis beginning in July. Though spawning was not observed in situ, spawning was inferred from the decrease of late stage gametes in histological samples. In addition, histological observations of oocyte resorption and released spermatozoa were used to corroborate spawning times. Data indicate that S. bournoni spawns in September while S. intersepta spawns after the full moon in late August or early Septemb

Carbon Friction Pair in Total Hip Replacement

The article examines the advantages of a new pair of friction of the hip joint endoprosthesis made of pyrolytic carbon. The physico-mechanical and tribological characteristics of the material and their comparison with other materials used in the friction pair of hip joint endoprostheses are presented. Information is presented about the making of a material and its strength characteristics and the results of mathematical modeling of a friction pair. The results of a comparative research of the durability between a carbon pair of friction and a ceramic pair of friction

Recovery of Injured Giant Barrel Sponges, Xestospongia muta, Offshore Southeast Florida

Giant barrel sponges, Xestospongia muta, are abundant and important components of the southeast Florida reef system, and are frequently injured from anthropogenic and natural disturbances. There is limited information on the capacity of X. muta to recover from injury and on methods to reattach X. muta fragments. In late 2002, hundreds of barrel sponges offshore southeast Florida (Broward County) were accidentally injured during an authorized dredging operation. In early 2003, two to three months post-injury, 93% of 656 assessed injured sponges appeared to be recovering. In 2006, three years post-injury, nearly 90% of 114 monitored sponges continued to show signs of recovery. Growth rates were estimated by measuring sponge height above visual injury scars and ranged from 0.7 cm yr- ¹ to 6.0 cm yr- ¹. Information on the artificially reattached fragments is limited but did show that X. muta fragments can reattach. This study provides evidence that X. muta in southeast Florida can naturally recover. Details on sponge size class associated recovery processes and growth were not collected due to event associated legal issues limiting the study. Studies to determine detailed growth rates and recovery success for different injury and restoration scenarios will further facilitate restoration decision making by resource managers