Social Entrepreneurship: Snapshots of a Research Field in Emergence

Geoff Desa

Chapter 2 in Values and Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship, 2010, pp 6-28 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Social entrepreneurship is a term used to describe innovative approaches to address social problems. Over the past ten years, the subject has gained increasing interest on the lecture circuits of public administration and business schools. As Paul Light, a professor of public administration wryly stated, ‘There appears to be plenty of evidence that social entrepreneurship exists, particularly when measured by the rapidly increasing number of conferences, case studies, and funders interested in the topic’ (Light, 2005: 1).

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Social Responsible Investing; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneur; Social Mission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230298026_2

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