Social entrepreneurship research: A source of explanation, prediction, and delight

Johanna Mair, I. Martí Lanuza

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Abstract

Social entrepreneurship, as a practice and a field for scholarly investigation, provides a unique opportunity to challenge, question, and rethink concepts and assumptions from different fields of management and business research. This article puts forward a view of social entrepreneurship as a process that catalyzes social change and addresses important social needs in a way that is not dominated by direct financial benefits for the entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurship is seen as differing from other forms of entrepreneurship in the relatively higher priority given to promoting social value and development versus capturing economic value. To stimulate future research the authors introduce the concept of embeddedness as a nexus between theoretical perspectives for the study of social entrepreneurship.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)36-44
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of World Business
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

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