Innovation for social enterprise : inter-disciplinary and cultural perspectives
Elizabeth, Chell and Nicolopoulou, Katerina and Karataş-Özkan, Mine (2010) Innovation for social enterprise : inter-disciplinary and cultural perspectives. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 22 (6). pp. 485-493. ISSN 0898-5626 (https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2010.488396)
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This paper provides an overview of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise, making reference to pertinent literature. Internationally the distribution of social enterprises is uneven and there are noticeable differences that reflect national differences in welfare, labour market and ideology. Essentially however social enterprises seek business solutions to social problems and in order to do so, we argue, it is necessary for social enterprises to foster innovation. The papers included in this volume present different models and theories of how this might be achieved. All the authors place emphasis on the need to develop a sound theoretical platform and raise methodological problems common to management research. Additionally, the papers raise policy issues, such as how outcomes of social enterprise are valued and prioritised in different societies. The work discussed points to how social enterprise may offer innovative solutions to help solve problems of social integration, socially dysfunctional behaviour and socio-economic development. It indicates the need for further research, especially to test further the models comparatively. Finally this body of work builds on and extends our thinking about entrepreneurship, and the need to tie it into social, cultural, civic and political agenda.
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Elizabeth, Chell, Nicolopoulou, Katerina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2634-5296 and Karataş-Özkan, Mine;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 45982 Dates: DateEvent2010PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Commerce
Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfareDepartment: Strathclyde Business School > Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 19 Nov 2013 10:21 Last modified: 01 Dec 2024 02:28 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/45982