Introduction to Part IV — Ecopreneurship: Unique Research Field or Just ‘More of the Same’?

Kai Hockerts

Chapter 13 in Social Entrepreneurship, 2006, pp 209-213 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The two papers in Part IV of this volume approach the topic of social entrepreneurship (SE) from the angle of environmental or sustainable entrepreneurship. Does it make sense to have such a focus? At first sight ecological entrepreneurship, often also referred to as ‘ecopreneurship’ (Isaak, 1997: 80), seems to be a mere subset of SE. Accordingly one could argue that, where SE generally aims at the identification and exploitation of opportunities for the creation of public goods, ecopreneurship simply narrows the focus to one particular type of public good — namely the protection of the environment. If this warrants a unique research domain one could also argue for similar efforts to be undertaken in other domains of SE — such as poverty relief, health or education.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625655_13

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