Entrepreneurial impact sourcing: a conceptual framework of social and commercial institutional logics

• Published in: Information systems journal (Oxford, England) Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 538 - 562
• Main Authors: Khan, Shaji, Lacity, Mary, Carmel, Erran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Business process outsourcing; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; framework; impact sourcing; Innovations; institutional logic; Military personnel; military spouses; Services; Social impact; Sourcing; veterans

This article answers calls for better characterizations of impact sourcing given its potential to create social impacts in conjunction with global sourcing. It introduces a conceptual framework consisting of four dimensions drawn from entrepreneurship literature: primary mission, success criteria, r...