Seizing the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship (Agarrar a Promessa do Empreendedorismo Social)

Perspectivas, pp. 48-55, 2006

4 Pages Posted: 4 Jan 2009 Last revised: 7 Jan 2009

Date Written: July 1, 2006

Abstract

This paper argues that social entrepreneurs have a role to play in turning the tide on global issues as exemplified by the Millennium Development Goals, where innovative entrepreneurship interventions are critical. The paper introduces the "individualist" and the "contextualist" schools of social entrepreneurship. The former focuses on the traits that differentiate social entrepreneurs from other social agents, and the latter emphasizing the relationship between the phenomenon of globalization and the emergence of social entrepreneurship as a frame of reference. Subsequently, the paper examines where social entrepreneurship interventions have comparative advantage, and how the diffusion of their innovations can be accelerated.

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Keywords: Social entrepreneurship, non-profit sector

JEL Classification: L31, M13

Suggested Citation

Martin, Maximilian, Seizing the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship (Agarrar a Promessa do Empreendedorismo Social) (July 1, 2006). Perspectivas, pp. 48-55, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1322447

Maximilian Martin (Contact Author)

University of St. Gallen ( email )

Tigerbergstrasse 2
St. Gallen, CH-9000
Switzerland

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