Social Enterprises and Corporate Enterprises

Chitvan Trivedi and Daniel Stokols
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Chitvan Trivedi: Chitvan Trivedi is a Ph.D. Candidate in Social Ecology at University of California, Irvine, USA
Daniel Stokols: Daniel Stokols is Chancellor’s Professor at University of California, Irvine, USA

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2011, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-32

Abstract: To date, most efforts to define social entrepreneurship have focused on adapting existing management theories on entrepreneurship and non-profits rather than distinguishing the organisational purposes and structure of social entrepreneurship from traditional for-profit organisations. There is little consensus among academicians and practitioners alike as to what social entrepreneurship is and what it is not. To articulate a clear and non-ambiguous definition of social entrepreneurship, it is necessary first to understand the distinguishing features of social entrepreneurial ventures compared with corporate entrepreneurial ventures and non-profit organisations. This article differentiates these ventures in terms of their motives, goals, antecedent conditions, processes, role of the entrepreneur and outcomes. In doing so, it provides a brief summary of the state of knowledge in the emerging field of social entrepreneurship and raises new questions and hypotheses for future research on this topic.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship; corporate entrepreneurship; NPOs; NGOs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/097135571002000101

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