Designing a global standardized methodology for measuring social entrepreneurship activity: the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor social entrepreneurship study

Jan Lepoutre, Rachida Justo, Siri Terjesen and Niels Bosma ()

Small Business Economics, 2013, vol. 40, issue 3, 693-714

Abstract: Although there is a high level of practitioner, policymaker, and scholar interest in social entrepreneurship, most research is based on case studies and success stories of successful social entrepreneurs in a single country. We develop a methodology to measure population-based social entrepreneurship activity (SEA) prevalence rates and test it in 49 countries. Our results provide insights into institutional and individual drivers of SEA. Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) methodology of Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA), we find that countries with higher rates of traditional entrepreneurial activity also tend to have higher rates of social entrepreneurial activity. We develop a broad definition of social entrepreneurship and then explore types based on social mission, revenue model, and innovativeness. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2013

Keywords: Social entrepreneurship activity; GEM; Cross-country; Social entrepreneurship; Global entrepreneurship monitor; L26; L30; L31; NGOs; N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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