Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?

James Austin, Howard Stevenson and Jane Wei–Skillern

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2006, vol. 30, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: Entrepreneurship has been the engine propelling much of the growth of the business sector as well as a driving force behind the rapid expansion of the social sector. This article offers a comparative analysis of commercial and social entrepreneurship using a prevailing analytical model from commercial entrepreneurship. The analysis highlights key similarities and differences between these two forms of entrepreneurship and presents a framework on how to approach the social entrepreneurial process more systematically and effectively. We explore the implications of this analysis of social entrepreneurship for both practitioners and researchers.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00107.x

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