Role of Social Entrepreneurship in the Economic Development Community Level A case study of social entrepreneurship in the district of K
By: Khoja, Fareed F
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ArticlePublisher: 2009Subject(s): Gujarat | Kachchh | Community Level | Economic Development | Social Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurshiphip Research | Eighth Biennial Conference On Contempora | Biennial Conference Papers
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Eighth Biennial Conference on Contemporary Issues in Entrepr ResearchSummary: Social entrepreneurship has come to be synonymous with the individual visionary - the risk taker who goes against the tide to start a new organization to create dramatic social change. This change can lead to social and economic development of the society. Then what is the role of social entrepreneurship in economic development at the community level? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the role of social entrepreneurs in the structural transformation of communities from low income, primary-sector based communities into high-income service and technology based communities of societies. More broadly though, it should also be able to explain the role of social entrepreneurs in the opposite pole of stagnating development (including conflict) and in high innovation-driven growth of the community of the society. Thus it can be concluded that social entrepreneurship identify the problems in the society, trace the root causes of the problem and endeavor to solve them. Through this approach, they try to apply their entrepreneurial abilities to bring about the change in the society and change their economic condition. Their efforts lead to the social as well as the economic...
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Social entrepreneurship has come to be synonymous with the individual visionary - the risk taker who goes against the tide to start a new organization to create dramatic social change. This change can lead to social and economic development of the society. Then what is the role of social entrepreneurship in economic development at the community level? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the role of social entrepreneurs in the structural transformation of communities from low income, primary-sector based communities into high-income service and technology based communities of societies. More broadly though, it should also be able to explain the role of social entrepreneurs in the opposite pole of stagnating development (including conflict) and in high innovation-driven growth of the community of the society. Thus it can be concluded that social entrepreneurship identify the problems in the society, trace the root causes of the problem and endeavor to solve them. Through this approach, they try to apply their entrepreneurial abilities to bring about the change in the society and change their economic condition. Their efforts lead to the social as well as the economic...
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