社会的企業の組織間ネットワークの形成要因と影響に関する研究

── 初期普及期における二地域を対象として ──

抄録

　　According to the Cabinet Office （2015）, the number of social enterprises in Japan is 205,000, the added value is 16.0 trillion yen （3.3% of the total economy）, and the number of paid employees is 5,776,000 （13.2%）.　Generally, social enterprises face a trade-off between economic efficiency and sociality, a so called “duality” or “dual mission” problem.　One of the management strategies to solve duality problems is considered to enlarge the effectiveness of a business, while complementing management resources through the formation of cooperative networks with external organizations.　

　　The purpose of this study was to clarify the formation factors and effects of inter-organization networks of social enterprises by analyzing two regions in Japan under the early diffusion phase of social enterprises.　First, the analytical framework and hypotheses were set based on a selective literature review of existing studies on social enterprise theory and organizational network theory.　Second, the structural equation modeling （SEM） was applied to the piece vote data at the organizational level in two prefectures of the “Social Business Network Survey （2010 METI Regional Revitalization Countermeasure Survey）”.　Third, case studies were applied for the advanced intermediate organizations in the two prefectures to verify the hypotheses.

　　Based on the analytical results, the following three hypotheses are verified: the organizational attributes and business areas of social enterprises influence the formation of inter-organizational networks （hypothesis 1）, diversity and collaborative network formation promotes empathize with related entities and cooperation with social enterprises （hypothesis 2）, and intermediate organizations affect the structure and function of network and promote the induction of social innovation （hypothesis 3）.　In other words, the formation of inter-organizational networks of social enterprises promotes the induction of social innovation through changes in the collective cognition of the region.　Therefore, policy implications drawn from this research appear to enhance the diversity and collaboration of social enterprise networks to promote sustainable regional development through the resolution of regional social issues.

JEL Classifications: L30, Z13