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Title: Social Enterprises and Corporate Enterprises: Fundamental Differences and Defining Features
Authors: Trivedi, Chitvan
Stokols, Daniel
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship
Issue Date: Mar-2011
Publisher: Sage Publications
Citation: http://joe.sagepub.com/content/20/1/1.
Abstract: To date, most efforts to define social entrepreneurship have focused on adapting existing management theories on entrepreneurship and non-profits rather than distinguishing the organisational purposes and structure of social entrepreneurship from traditional for-profit organisations. There is little consensus among academicians and practitioners alike as to what social entrepreneurship is and what it is not. To articulate a clear and non-ambiguous definition of social entrepreneurship, it is necessary first to understand the distinguishing features of social entrepreneurial ventures compared with corporate entrepreneurial ventures and non-profit organisations. This article differentiates these ventures in terms of their motives, goals, antecedent conditions, processes, role of the entrepreneur and outcomes. In doing so, it provides a brief summary of the state of knowledge in the emerging field of social entrepreneurship and raises new questions and hypotheses for future research on this topic.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1024
Appears in Collections:March Vol.20 No.(1)

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