Title: Evaluating the donor: enterprise relationship in a not-for-profit social entrepreneurship venture

Authors: Linda Mosek, Murray Gillin, Liora Katzenstein

Addresses: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Cnr Wakefield and William Streets Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, 3133, Australia. ' Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Cnr Wakefield and William Streets Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, 3133, Australia. ' Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Cnr Wakefield and William Streets Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, 3133, Australia

Abstract: This research encompasses an exciting journey in social entrepreneurship. Based on a comprehensive study of a not-for-profit business enterprise dependent on social capital, the three phase model of entrepreneurship (Greve and Salaff, 2003) was employed to recognise comparative stages for developing social trust, an important indicator of social capital. Data from historically documented day-to-day diary records and in-depth interviews were examined and evaluated by |NVivo| content analysis, with the purpose of achieving profitability in the |third sector|. Results demonstrated the influence of social trust on sustainability and entrepreneurial growth; with specific emphasis on the donor–enterprise alliance, a dominant control factor.

Keywords: social capital; social entrepreneurship; social trust; third sector; not-for-profit businesses; sustainability; entrepreneurial growth; profitability; donor-enterprise partnerships; donors; enterprise relationship; Israel.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2007.014391

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2007 Vol.4 No.5, pp.586 - 604

Published online: 04 Jul 2007 *

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