Social Entrepreneurship as a Path for Social Change and Driver of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Sanchita Bansal, Isha Garg and Gagan Sharma ()
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Sanchita Bansal: University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi 110078, India
Isha Garg: University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi 110078, India

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-28

Abstract: Social entrepreneurship has been recognized as a tool to attain sustainable development. This paper highlights the role of social entrepreneurship in triggering social change and attaining sustainable development. The paper contributes significantly to the existing literature by conducting a systematic review of extant works. To this end, we analyzed and reviewed 173 research papers from the Web of Science database. The results are presented in the form of descriptive findings and thematic discussion. The paper concludes by setting up the agenda for future researchers in the field.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship; sustainable development; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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