Mauricio C. Serafim

Segurando na mão de Deus: organizações religiosas e apoio ao empreendedorismo

The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.

O processo de institucionalização da economia criativa no Brasil

Este artigo objetiva compreender o processo de institucionalizacao do conceito de economia criativa no âmbito do governo federal, da sociedade civil e das universidades no Brasil. A pesquisa baseia-se na teoria da institucionalizacao proposta por Tolbert e Zucker (2007) e apoiou-se na definicao de um conjunto de indicadores. A coleta de dados foi realizada nas bases de dados dos sites do Governo Federal, CAPES, CNPQ, Observatorios de Economia Criativa (OBECs), Ministerio da Cultura e de organizacoes da sociedade civil. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que o processo de institucionalizacao da economia criativa avancou consideravelmente apos o Plano da Secretaria da Economia Criativa no âmbito do Governo Federal e da sociedade civil. Por outro lado, os resultados dos indicadores das Universidades mostraram uma queda na sua taxa de crescimento.

Movido pelo transcendente: a religiosidade como estimulo ao "espírito empreendedor"

Having as its main theoretical support Weber’s classical sociology, which debates the relation of religious life to entrepreneurship, and Schumpeter’s approach to the entrepreneur, this article addresses the influence of religious belief on followers recognized as entrepreneurs. The research strategy was a qualitative and comparative case study on entrepreneurs from two religious organizations: the Reborn in Christ Evangelical Church and the Catholic organization Focolare Movement. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentary research. The results indicate that the entrepreneurs from both organizations fill in the gaps of uncertainty generated by market circumstances, by searching for the “transcendent”, which offers them the subjective safety needed for action. It was also possible to find out that they develop skills that are not restricted to mere economic behavior, a dimension in which their actions are shown as irrational, but in line with the “entrepreneurial spirit”, such as faith and hope. These skills come close to Schumpeter’s concept of entrepreneur.

Holding God's hand: religious organizations and support to entrepreneurial initiatives

The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.

De manos dadas con Dios: organizaciones religiosas y apoyo al emprendedorismo

The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.The article investigates mechanisms offered by religious organizations to support entrepreneurial initiatives. We examine two organizations, one catholic and one protestant, using a qualitative case study design. The comparative assessment was based on three dimensions of support that appeared as a result of the data analysis, that we called spaces of information, formation, and motivation. The dimensions are considered as possible important research results and were used to investigate the impact on the traditional stages of the entrepreneurial process of the mechanisms made available by the two religious organizations. The analysis indicates certain similarities between the two cases: church membership assists in the creation of social capital that impacts various economic dimensions, as well as provides religious support to the economic motivations. However, the differences between the two churches become evident in the religious interpretation of economic success and in the articulation and closure of their social networks.