Social entrepreneurship: Taking stock and looking ahead

Johanna Mair ()
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Johanna Mair: IESE Business School, Postal: Research Division, Av Pearson 21, 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN

No D/888, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: This essay sets out to take stock of existing endeavors to conceptualize Social Entrepreneurship. We illustrate the context-specific nature of the phenomenon and derive implications for fostering social entrepreneurship as a positive force for social and economic development. The paper has two main objectives: first, to stimulate a productive agenda for future research that goes beyond questions of 'who' and 'what' by pursuing the important considerations of 'where', 'why' and 'how'; and second, in so doing, to generate real insights for advances in both theory and practice.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship; institutions; capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2010-11-03
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