CORPORATE SOCIAL INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY JOINT VENTURES How co-creation of capabilities, CSI motives and strategic alignment of CSI jointly create the conditions for CSI successs
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2022-06-30
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Corporations can potentially attain social goals in developing countries through collaborative efforts with private partners. However, not all social innovation projects by companies are successful. The aim of this research is to puzzle together the configuration of conditions that will cause the outcome of corporate social innovation success by international joint ventures of Dutch SMEs in developing countries. While studies of corporate social innovation in developing countries recognize the relevance of motives, strategic alignment, and co-creation of capabilities in achieving social goals, they ignore how they interact with each other to facilitate successful outcomes. This thesis fills this gap by investigating the interaction between these success factors in developing countries that is conducive to achieving both business and social interests. The sample consists of data derived from the Private Sector Initiative Program (PSI) where small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) from the Netherlands have formed a joint venture in developing countries with a local partner. The results propose that Corporate social innovation success can be facilitated when the absence of the co-creation of capabilities is substituted with the alignment of CSI with the core business strategy and a combined moral and strategic motive.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen