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O propósito deste artigo é compreender se a existência de um ambiente político-legal
favorável pode influenciar o lançamento de novas iniciativas de empreendedorismo social em
Portugal. A investigação adota uma metodologia quantitativa. Os dados primários foram
recolhidos através de um inquérito por questionário, on-line, enviado aos responsáveis que
estiveram na base da constituição das Organizações Não-Governamentais de Cooperação para
o Desenvolvimento existentes em Portugal, bem como aos responsáveis pelos projetos, que à
data do inquérito, se encontravam cotados na Bolsa de Valores Sociais. No teste das hipóteses
de investigação foram utilizadas técnicas de análise descritiva, técnicas de redução de dados
(análise fatorial por componentes principais), e o teste t-student.
Os resultados revelaram que um ambiente político-legal favorável tem uma importância baixa
na decisão de lançar uma nova iniciativa social. Os resultados obtidos encontram suporte para
o facto de muitos empreendedores sociais tenderem a localizar as suas atividades em
ambientes político-legais desfavoráveis, contribuindo deste modo para a atenuação das
assimetrias sociais e económicas entre as regiões do território nacional.
The purpose of this paper is to understand whether a favorable political-legal environment influences the launch of new social ventures in Portugal. A quantitative approach is used in the study, and primary data were collected through an online survey. A questionnaire was emailed to both Portuguese Non-Governmental organizations, and projects valued on the Portuguese social stock exchange. In the analysis of the data were used descriptive statistics, factorial analysis and t-student tests to validate (or not) the research hypothesis. The results show that a favorable political-legal environment has a low importance in the decision to develop a new social initiative. Besides, this conclusion supports the idea that many social entrepreneurs can emerge even in developing regions where the political-legal environment is weak. Therefore, social entrepreneurship could be an instrument of regional development and contribute to attenuate the social and economic differences among Portuguese regions.
The purpose of this paper is to understand whether a favorable political-legal environment influences the launch of new social ventures in Portugal. A quantitative approach is used in the study, and primary data were collected through an online survey. A questionnaire was emailed to both Portuguese Non-Governmental organizations, and projects valued on the Portuguese social stock exchange. In the analysis of the data were used descriptive statistics, factorial analysis and t-student tests to validate (or not) the research hypothesis. The results show that a favorable political-legal environment has a low importance in the decision to develop a new social initiative. Besides, this conclusion supports the idea that many social entrepreneurs can emerge even in developing regions where the political-legal environment is weak. Therefore, social entrepreneurship could be an instrument of regional development and contribute to attenuate the social and economic differences among Portuguese regions.
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Ambiente político-legal Desenvolvimento regional Contexto externo Empreendedorismo social External environment Regional development Political-legal environment, Social entrepreneurship
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Santos, José de Freitas. Implicações do contexto político-legal para o lançamento de novas iniciativas sociais em Portugal, Braga: NIPE, 2014.