As social enterprises seek to share knowledge, they must navigate social hierarchy. In this study, we examine social enterprises' efforts to share knowledge in rural areas and how they seek to mitigate some of the consequences of women's marginalization during this process. We use a two-step, multi-method approach. We begin with a quantitative study that explores outcomes for women, and how caste and patriarchy influence their ability to adopt new practices introduced by social enterprises. We then draw on data from a seven-year qualitative case study to unpack our quantitative findings and explore the actual mechanisms through which intersectionality shapes the social enterprises' efforts. Our qualitative efforts also uncover how social enterprises' practices, as well as women's activities, can mitigate some of the negative consequences of marginalization, even while the social setting is largely unchanged. We seek to contribute to theory by exploring how social enterprises can potentially mitigate some of the negative consequences of exclusion due to intersectionality.

当社会企业寻求分享知识时，它们必须驾驭社会等级制度。在这项研究中，我们审视了社会企业在农村地区分享知识的努力，以及他们如何在这一过程中寻求减轻女性边缘化的一些后果。我们使用两步、多方法的方法。我们从一项定量研究开始，探讨女性的成果，以及种姓和父权制如何影响她们采用社会企业引入的新做法的能力。然后，我们利用来自七年定性案例研究的数据来展开我们的定量研究结果，并探索交叉性塑造社会企业努力的实际机制。我们的定性工作还揭示了社会企业的实践以及女性的活动如何，可以减轻边缘化的一些负面后果，即使社会环境基本没有变化。我们试图通过探索社会企业如何潜在地减轻由于交叉性而导致的排斥的一些负面后果来为理论做出贡献。