Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

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A Study on the Social Venture Startup Phenomenon Using the Grounded Theory Approach

근거이론 접근법을 이용한 소셜벤처 창업 현상에 관한 고찰

  • 설병문 (경상국립대학교 창업대학원 창업학과) ;
  • 김영락 (경남중장년기술창업센터)
  • Received : 2023.01.11
  • Accepted : 2023.02.21
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

The social venture start-up phenomenon is found from the perspectives of social enterprise and for-profit enterprise. This study aims to fundamentally explore the start-up phenomenon of social ventures from these two perspectives. Considering the lack of prior research that researched both social and commercial perspectives at the same time, this paper analyzed using grounded theory approach of Strauss & Corbin(1998), an inductive research method that analyzes based on prior research and interview data. In order to collect data for this study, eight corporate representatives currently operating social ventures were interviewed and data and phenomena were analyzed. This progressed to a theoretical saturation where no additional information was derived. The analysis results of this study using the grounded theory approach are as follows. As a result of open coding and axial coding, 147 concepts and 70 subcategories were derived, and 18 categories were derived through the final abstraction process. In the selective coding, 'expansion of social venture entry in the social domain' and 'expansion of social function of for-profit companies' were selected as key categories, and a story line was formed around this. In this study, we saw that it is necessary to conduct academic research and analysis on the competitive factors required for companies that pursue the values of two conflicting relationships, such as social ventures, to survive with competitiveness. In practice, concepts such as collaboration with for-profit companies, value combination, entrepreneurship competency and performance improvement, social value execution competency reinforcement, communication strategy, for-profit enterprise value investment, and entrepreneur management competency were derived. This study explains the social venture phenomenon for social enterprises, commercial enterprises, and entrepreneurs who want to enter the social venture field. It is expected to provide the implications necessary for successful social venture startups.

본 연구는 최근 늘어나고 있는 소셜벤처 창업 현상을 사회적기업의 관점과 영리기업의 관점에서 분석하여, 두 가지의 상이한 또는 대립적이기도 한 관점에서 공통적으로 설명될 수 있는 소셜벤처의 창업 현상을 근원적으로 탐색하여 설명하고자 한다. 소셜벤처에 대한 사회적 관심의 증가에도 불구하고 여전히 사회적기업과 영리기업의 두 가지 관점에 기반하여 접근한 선행연구가 부족하여, 본 연구는 연구 방법으로 선행연구와 인터뷰 자료를 바탕으로 현상을 분석하는 귀납적 연구 방법인 Strauss & Corbin(1998)의 근거이론 접근법을 사용하였다. 본 연구를 위한 자료 수집을 위하여 현재 안정적 매출이 발생하고 있는 소셜벤처기업의 대표 8인을 인터뷰하고 현상 분석을 진행하였다. 인터뷰는 추가적인 정보가 도출되지 않는 이론적 포화상태까지 단계적으로 진행하였다. 근거이론 접근법을 사용한 본 연구의 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 개방코딩과 축코딩의 결과 개념 147개, 하위범주 70개가 도출되었으며, 최종 추상화 과정을 통해 범주 18개를 도출하였다. 선택코딩에서는 핵심범주로'사회적 영역의 소셜벤처 진출 확대'와'영리기업의 사회적 기능 확대'를 선정하고, 이를 중심으로 스토리라인을 구성하였다. 본 연구에서 소셜벤처와 같이 두 가지의 갈등관계의 가치를 추구하는 기업이 경쟁력을 갖추고 생존하기 위하여 요구되는 경쟁요인에 대한 학문적 연구와 분석이 필요함을 보았다. 실무적으로는 영리기업과 협업, 가치 결합, 창업자 역량 및 성과 개선/사회적 가치 실행역량 강화, 소통전략, 영리기업의 가치 투자, 창업자 경영역량 등의 개념을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 소셜벤처 창업 현상에 대한 고찰은 소셜벤처 영역에 진입하고자 하는 사회적기업과 영리기업, 그리고 소셜벤처 창업자에게 현상의 사회적 맥락을 설명하고, 성공적 소셜벤처 창업 유인과 활성화에 필요한 시사점을 제공할 것으로 기대한다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문 또는 저서는 2020년 대한민국 교육부와 한국연구재단의 인문사회분야 중견연구자지원사업의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2020S1A5A2A01045694)

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