Social entrepreneurship: a measurement instrument

Social Entrepreneurship as an Instrument to Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises: An Islamic Perspective

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are reckoned as the main player in domestic economic activities. This paper tries to contribute to the development and understanding of SMEs by encompassing social entrepreneurship as an empowering instrument. Considering the latest thought for intellectual milieu, this paper discloses the buried interlocking principles for social entrepreneurship by Islamic ...

Defining the ‘Social’ in ‘Social Entrepreneurship’: Altruism and Entrepreneurship

What is social entrepreneurship? In, particular, what’s so social about it? Understanding what social entrepreneurship is enables researchers to study the phenomenon and policy-makers to design measures to encourage it. However, such an understanding is lacking partly because there is no universally accepted definition of entrepreneurship as yet. In this paper, we suggest a definition of social...

Social Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Framework

The area of Social entrepreneurship has become an important issue of contemporary relevance in academic literature and research. The paper puts forward a view of social entrepreneurship as a process that brings social change or addresses important social needs. Social entrepreneurship is seen as differing form other forms of enterprise where a high priority is given to promote social value and ...

Social Networks and Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study From Brazil

Philanthropic and humanitarian organizations are increasingly turning to business models to achieve their social objectives. ‘‘Market-based approaches,’’ says the Acumen Fund, ‘‘have the potential to grow after charitable dollars run out, and they must be a part of the solution to the big problem of poverty.’’ Virginiabased Ashoka seeks to achieve social objectives by investing in individual en...