The Roles of Social Entrepreneur Competencies and Social Innovation in Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear Authors 

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Comments on the Quality of English Language

Average

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Reviewer’s comments (also listed in the attached document):

The title of the article (Social Entrepreneur Competencies Ability to Create Value through Social innovation Resulting in the Sustainability of Social Entrepreneurship in Thailand) adequately and relevantly indicates the work undertaken in the research work. However, here is the suggestion to simplify the title as: “The Role of Social Entrepreneur Competencies and Social innovation towards a Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship in Thailand”

Abstract, it is recommended: to simplify long sentences, to include the actual sample size used in this study, and to include the limitations of this study briefly, in a sentence.

Keywords may follow the order of keywords in the title. Suggesting the following words: Social Entrepreneur Competencies, Social innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability.

Introduction covers essential range of research aspects, especially the introduction to the concept of social enterprise, followed by social enterprises and the relevant current economic policy in Thailand.

The Concepts, theories, and related research have promptly highlighted the research issues, the connection among the main variables and gaps to bridged, which have led to a well-structured hypotheses and research framework.

The methodological aspects adopted in this study are appropriate. The research design which includes Population and Sample Group, Data Collection, Tool quality assessment, Data Analysis method are explained and written clearly, in a simple and systematic manner. Under 3. Research Framework, “Variables used in the research They are divided into 3 groups, as follows:”, this sentence needs to be corrected.

Summary of Research Results is completely focused on the focal area of this study, systematically covers the information and results obtained. The compilation and illustration are well structured and satisfactory. Discussion part confirms the relationship among variables and how it contributes towards society and the government.

Conclusion is merely a list of concluding remarks with some repeated content from discussion part. The study highlighted the significance of the study through the proposal of an integrative manner for entrepreneurs and government agencies in Thailand, followed by a brief suggestion for future research.

Overall Comments: The flow of the article is well written. The article has rendered all information with simple and accessible methods, as it should be.

The references have been managed proficiently.

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear Authors,
The present manuscript has been carefully prepared. However, it needs a minor revision:
1- Introduction An attempt has been made to address the issues related to social enterprises in Thailand carefully. The authors should clearly state what the results of this research will contribute and how they can help various East Asian countries, the Middle East, and even European countries etc.
2- The literature mentioned in heading 2-3 (2.3 Results of the ability to create value through social innovation) needs to be expanded. The authors only referred to Kaplan and Norton and stated that non-financial performance is essential. Still, some theories, such as legitimacy theory and signaling theory, can support this claim.
3- The literature does not provide sufficient support for the second hypothesis. Regarding the “ability to create value through social innovation,” not enough information is provided about how this process occurs. Do other researchers agree or disagree with your view? Please provide sources that have examined this issue.
4- Has the coronavirus not affected innovation in these firms? The authors note that this issue has been considered since 2019. It is necessary to examine whether the coronavirus pandemic has intensified the importance of social innovation in these firms, especially given the passage of the “Law on the Promotion of Social Enterprises” in 2019.
5- It is also suggested that stakeholder theory be used in the literature because the performance of these social enterprises can affect stakeholders and society.

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Reviewer 4 Report

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The authors incorporated the given comments and I find the revised manuscript is good to go for publication.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your positive feedback and for acknowledging that we have successfully incorporated your comments from the previous review. We greatly appreciate your thorough review of our revised manuscript and your confirmation that the changes we made have addressed your concerns effectively.