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Social Entrepreneurship: Definitions, Drivers and Challenges
Huybrechts, Benjamin; Nicholls, Alex
2012In Volkmann, Christine K.; Tokarski, Kim Oliver; Ernst, Kati (Eds.) Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business: An Introduction and Discussion With Case Studies
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Keywords :
social entrepreneurship; social enterprise; social business; entrepreneuriat social; entreprise sociale
Abstract :
[en] Despite widespread acknowledgement that social entrepreneurship and social enterprise remain highly contextual –and, therefore, contestable– notions which can be interpreted in various ways depending on the ideology and the goals of the institutions championing them (Dart 2004; Dey & Steyaert 2010; Nicholls 2010c), there are common features upon which most scholars and commentators can agree. This chapter aims to capture the essence of what social entrepreneurship is and also of what it is not. The chapter is structured as follows. The following section examines the concept of social entrepreneurship and reviews a number of definitions in order to highlight common features. Then, social entrepreneurship is compared with, and differentiated from, related –but distinctive– concepts. After this, the fourth section looks at the origins and drivers of social entrepreneurship in an historical perspective. Finally, this chapter concludes by suggesting a number of challenges for practice, policy and research in this field.
Research center :
CES - Centre d'Économie Sociale - ULiège
Disciplines :
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
Social economics
Author, co-author :
Huybrechts, Benjamin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Management en économie sociale
Nicholls, Alex
Language :
English
Title :
Social Entrepreneurship: Definitions, Drivers and Challenges
Publication date :
2012
Main work title :
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business: An Introduction and Discussion With Case Studies
Editor :
Volkmann, Christine K.
Tokarski, Kim Oliver
Ernst, Kati
Publisher :
Springer-Gabler, Wiesbaden, Germany
Pages :
31-48
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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