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We propose a definition of Social Entrepreneurship as 'using profit making enterprises to address social, environmental and other problems that were traditionally entrusted to...
All the definitions of social entrepreneurship agree on a central focus on social or environmental outcomes that has primacy over profit maximization or other strategic considerations.
the field of social entrepreneurship and how it is defined. Importantly, both emphasize the value of measuring social impact in social entrepreneurship financing.
n this chapter, we provide a survey of the many faces of social entrepreneur-ship, summarized as four Ws: What is social entrepreneurship? Who are the social entrepreneurs? Why social entrepreneurship? Where does it occur? What Is socIal EntrEprEnEurshIp? The term “social entrepreneurship” was used first in the literature as early as
Explain how social entrepreneurship can be differentiated from other related concepts such as the third sector (or the social economy), social business, social innovation and corporate...
A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change (a social venture).
Social entrepreneurship signals the imperative to drive social change, and it is that potential payoff, with its lasting, transforma-tional benefit to society, that sets the field and its practition-ers apart.
With the interest of clarifying what social entrepreneurship is, this chapter explores the nature of the concept of entrepreneur-ship, its characteristics, and the particularities of this type of entre-preneurship. The chapter is divided as follows.
We propose an explanation for key concepts surrounding social entrepreneurship and finally discuss the implications for future research. Social entrepreneurship has garnered a significant amount of attention over the last decade or two.
Social entrepreneurships are intended to drive societal transformations and such entrepreneurs concurrently act to address particular cases of social issues and problems and empower transformational progress throughout the system.