What is Social Enterprise

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A social enterprise is a hybrid. Learn more in: Micro Social Enterprises in Developing Countries: The South African Experience

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An organization that is directly involved in the sale of goods and services to a market, but that also has specific social objectives that serve as its primary purpose. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises in Slovenia: Strengths and Weaknesses From an Analysis of the Institutional Framework

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An organization of any legal form that pursues a social objective to improve a given social condition, in a systemic and impactful way, by merging social and commercial methods while testing creative ways to mobilize resources and ensure sustainability. Learn more in: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship Involving Social Innovation and Intervention

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Initiative that solves some social or environmental problems. It may not be a business at all. It may be a non-business initiative of a person to help society overcome some problem. It ranges from non-business to business making an attractive profit. A social enterprise may be a charity organization and/or it can be a profit-making business producing both personal profits and social benefits. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory

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Refers to organizations that address social problems in an innovative way and sustain themselves by generating commercial value out of their innovation. Learn more in: Marketing in Social Enterprises: The Role of Value Creation Through Relationship Marketing

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Social enterprises are defined as enterprises that trade to meet social/environmental goals (Department of Trade and Industry, 2002 AU102: The in-text citation "Department of Trade and Industry, 2002" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Investigating Factors Influencing Third Sector Social Enterprise Managers' Career Orientations: A Conceptual Framework

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A social enterprise is defined as a business that has specific social objectives that serve its primary purpose. Social enterprises seek to maximize profits while maximizing benefits to society and the environment. Learn more in: Local Authorities' Incubator as a Tool Supporting the Synergies Between Companies That Apply Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Enterprises

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a new business model that will align vision and strategy, processes, applications and architecture with the new social media tools creating a networked company that spans across employees, partners and customers. Learn more in: A Method of Analysing the Use of Social Networking Sites in Business

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It is a subject of social economy. Its business is created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. Learn more in: Social Enterprise in Developing Countries: The Case of Developing Countries – Social Entrepreneurship and Startup

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is a (non-profit or for-profit) organization that uses traditional business methods to achieve (primarily) social or environmental outcomes and reinvests its profits back into the business. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: New Challenges and Opportunities

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Firm aiming social impact rather than making economic profits. Learn more in: The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia

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It is a sort of organization defined by being operated outside the purely private business and state sectors. Learn more in: Social Enterprise Awareness, Perception, and Purchase Influence in South East China: A Benchmark for Further Study

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A dual mission-based entity established primarily to address a social challenge and complemented by a self-funding mechanism. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship Perspective of Social Innovation

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An organisation that applies commercial strategies to maximise improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. For the purpose of this chapter, the school viewed as a potential social enterprise. Learn more in: Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies for Secondary Schools as Social Enterprises: Inclusiveness in Decision-Making Processes

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An organization that combines social and economic goals, performing social and income generating activities simultaneously. Learn more in: Operational Challenges in Hybrid Organizations: Insights for Future Research

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Social mission oriented not-for-profit, for-profit, or governmental agencies which pursue profit to sustain their social missions. Learn more in: A Social Enterprise Business Model and a Case Study of Pacific Community Ventures (PCV)

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Is an organization that has applied the concept of social entrepreneurship to create a social value to find solution to social problems. Learn more in: Social Enterprise Marketing Communication

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It is a subject of the social economy. Its business is created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. Learn more in: Competencies, Skills, and Goals Needed for Social Enterprises: Case of the Czech Republic

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Social entrepreneurial organization that address a basic unmet need or solve a social or environmental problem through a market-driven approach. Learn more in: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Women's Empowerment: Case of Cöp(m)adam

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it is one of the E2.0 models that emphasises the creation of new collaborative schemes, knowledge sharing and relationship management. Learn more in: The Social Network and Community Approach for Enterprise 2.0: Drivers and Barriers in Marketing

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An organisation that delivers a service that is new to recipients without necessarily being motivated by profit. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: A Conceptual Distinction

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Companies who use the methods and disciplines of business and the power of the marketplace to advance their social, environmental and human justice agendas because their primary purpose is the common good. Learn more in: Clusters as Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs

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A type of organization that uses commercial methods to maximize social impact. Learn more in: Understanding Organizational Development With a Continuum of Care Model

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Social enterprises are a type of entity pursuing serving for a social purpose through a self-sustaining financial mechanism and applying business-like approach to address a social problem. Learn more in: Social Innovation: An Introduction

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A business established for social purposes. Learn more in: Social Entrepreneurship Activities in the Tourism Sector: Bibliometric Analysis and Social Network Analysis

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A social enterprise is an organization that uses business strategies (i.e., market-based approaches) to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental wellbeing. Learn more in: Financing Social Enterprises: A Systematic Approach

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An organisation operating with an element of commercial activities to generate a considerable amount of income to sustain their primary social mission. Learn more in: Exploring Partnerships Between Australia and South Asia for Crowdfunding Social Enterprises: A Post-COVID-19 Strategy

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One that seeks a social impact rather than make a profit for their owners or interested parties providing goods and / or services for the market of entrepreneurial and innovative way, using its revenues especially for social benefits. Learn more in: The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia

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A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. Notification for the reader. This is only one definition there is a lot of discussion depending among others through differences in legislation in different countries. A specific point of discussion is if the shareholders can participate in the profit and still be called a social enterprise. Learn more in: The Importance of the Impact-Driven Business Model (IDBM) for Social Enterprises: Tool for Government Practitioners and Education – Model and Cases