 Social Entrepreneurship-Committing Theory to PracticeSascha Bjarnø Olinsson Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2017, vol. 8, issue 2, 225-247 Abstract: Social entrepreneurship is often presented in the literature as the key to solving many of this world’s persistent social problems. The role of the social entrepreneur is described as fundamental in any social entrepreneurial venture. However, there are few natural-born social entrepreneurs and a lack of knowledge concerning the process of developing a social entrepreneurial venture. Recent studies question the all-important role of the social entrepreneur and instead recognize a collective process of innovation. This study developed a first attempt at a social entrepreneurial management tool which can reproduce the processual thinking of the social entrepreneur. In applying empirical data from social entrepreneurship case studies to a modified version of the analytical planning tool known as the Problem and Objective tree, this study addressed the lack of knowledge concerning the social entrepreneurial development process. The results suggest that the tool can assist social entrepreneurial networks, meaning a collective effort by stakeholders within any given community, develop social entrepreneurial ventures in environments without a ‘natural born’ social entrepreneur. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:jsocen:v:8:y:2017:i:2:p:225-247 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2017.1375547 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Social Entrepreneurship is currently edited by Alex Nicholls More articles in Journal of Social Entrepreneurship from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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