Social Entrepreneurship-Committing Theory to Practice

Autor: Sascha Bjarnø Olinsson
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 8:225-247
ISSN: 1942-0684
1942-0676
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2017.1375547
Popis: Social entrepreneurship is often presented in the literature as the key to solving many of this world’s persistent social problems. The role of the social entrepreneur is described as fundamental in any social entrepreneurial venture. However, there are few natural-born social entrepreneurs and a lack of knowledge concerning the process of developing a social entrepreneurial venture. Recent studies question the all-important role of the social entrepreneur and instead recognize a collective process of innovation. This study developed a first attempt at a social entrepreneurial management tool which can reproduce the processual thinking of the social entrepreneur. In applying empirical data from social entrepreneurship case studies to a modified version of the analytical planning tool known as the Problem and Objective tree, this study addressed the lack of knowledge concerning the social entrepreneurial development process. The results suggest that the tool can assist social entrepreneurial networ...
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