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100 1 0 _aPetrella, Francesca
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700 1 0 _a Richez-Battesti, Nadine
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700 1 0 _a Richez-Battesti, Nadine
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245 0 0 _aSocial entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise: semantics and controversies
260 _c2014.
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520 _aSocial entrepreneurship is commonly used to qualify economic initiatives that serve social and/or environmental mission and that reinvest a large part of their surpluses in support of their mission. Even though this definition is not yet stabilized and its boundaries remain unclear, it aims to achieve both economic efficiency and social purpose. It takes place within a context of need to build new responses to societal challenges that are sustainable, socially, economically and environmentally. Although interest in social entrepreneurship is growing, it is still a controversial notion. Based on a literature survey, this paper identifies the major elements of controversy. Current debates concern the organizational forms taken by social entrepreneurship, that will be determining, among others, for the governance structure of social enterprises. Another central debate focuses on the boundaries of this notion, between market, public policy and civil society.
690 _agovernance structure
690 _asocial enterprise
690 _asocial entrepreneur
690 _asocial entrepreneurship
690 _asocial innovation
786 0 _nJournal of Innovation Economics & Management | 14 | 2 | 2014-05-01 | p. 143-156
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/revue-journal-of-innovation-economics-2014-2-page-143?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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