Is your livelihood project sustainable enough? A multi-case study of change facilitators: The case of LSEED program and select Philippine social enterprise models

• Main Authors: Salonga, Norby Roque, Apuli, Maria Carmen S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Social entrepreneurship; Business; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Sustainability
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11302
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper entitled “A Multi-Case Study of Change Facilitators: The Case of LSEED Program and selected Philippine social enterprise models” is a qualitative and descriptive study. It assesses the enterprise models of the social enterprises being incubated by the LSEED Program, in parallel with select models of social enterprises in the industry using four variables namely: scalability of impact, sustainability, value proposition, and inclusive participation. Likewise, it also documents the enablers and barriers in the formation of the LSEED student fellows and their partner community members, the challenges met in establishing their respective social enterprises and the sustainability mechanisms that were put in place. The study shows that social entrepreneurs’ journey are driven and influenced by their transformational roles in the community, which are borne out of their commitment for personal/professional growth, economic contributions to families, and passion for community development. Moreover, the demand for an inclusive society in a relatively challenging situation also helps shape the way social enterprises’ founders to stay relevant in their advocacy and to consistently deliver the desired outcomes which are measured and represented by the indicators in the triple or double bottom-lines.In terms of required knowledge, skills, and attitude, social entrepreneurs believe that the balance on key principles of community development, business management, and innovations should be given much consideration in developing social enterprise. Likewise, these should be reflective of the shared commitment to learning, creativity, problem solving and leadership which are key values that will help sustain ones passion for social entrepreneurship.Conclusively, the study suggests to look into the principle of social entrepreneurship as a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach to development, with sound consideration to business practices.