Evolution and Context

Katharina Sommerrock

Chapter 2 in Social Entrepreneurship Business Models, 2010, pp 21-34 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this chapter is to clarify how social entrepreneurship and its position in society has evolved. In the first section it provides an overview of the origins and development of the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, and highlights the drivers that have made it so popular in recent years. To place social entrepreneurship within its context, in the second section the three sectors of society are characterized and the phenomenon positioned within them.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Problem; Welfare System; Social Entrepreneurship; Female Worker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230298033_3

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