Social Entrepreneurship on Its Way to Significance: The Case of Germany

Karina Cagarman, Jan Kratzer, Laura Helen von Arnim, Kristina Fajga and Michaela Jacqueline Gieseke
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Karina Cagarman: Department of Technology and Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, H76, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Jan Kratzer: Department of Technology and Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, H76, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Laura Helen von Arnim: Department of Technology and Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, H76, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Kristina Fajga: Centre for Entrepreneurship, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 38, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Michaela Jacqueline Gieseke: Centre for Entrepreneurship, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 38, 10623 Berlin, Germany

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: The environmental context plays a very important role in the success of entrepreneurial behaviour. Governments used this opportunity by introducing specific programmes, but do social entrepreneurs have a comparable chance of getting governmental support as commercial entrepreneurs do in these programmes? We analyze the EXIST Start-up Grant in terms of likelihood for entrepreneurs following economic and social sustainable development goals (SDGs). Our results indicate that there is a decreased probability to get the EXIST Start-up Grant when following social SDGs. We argue that it is about time to introduce specific programmes for social innovation and/or reassess existing programmes in terms of their openness to social entrepreneurs.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship; government support; sustainable development goals; funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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