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Social Entrepreneurship: Action Grounded in Needs, Opportunities and/or Perceived Necessities?

Abstract  

The interest in social and/or societal entrepreneurship has increased rapidly during the past decade. Yet, the field is still
young and fragmented and its heritage includes tensions and shortcomings. The theories grounded in entrepreneurship research
tend to address the entrepreneurial ventures’ ability to recognise, explore and/or exploit opportunities. Other research argues instead that social entrepreneurial ventures respond to needs in society. However, none of these lines of research extensively problematise the issues of opportunities and needs. Furthermore,
the discussion in this paper is related to a third concept, perceived necessities, as a suggestion to nuance our understanding of social entrepreneurship. The analysis in this paper is based on four social
entrepreneurship cases.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-20
  • DOI 10.1007/s11266-012-9301-1
  • Authors
    • Malin Gawell, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute (ESBRI), Saltmätargatan 9, 113 59 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Journal Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    • Online ISSN 1573-7888
    • Print ISSN 0957-8765
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 06/12/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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