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Social entrepreneurship research: A source of
explanation, prediction, and delight
Johanna Mair
*
, Ignasi Martı
´
IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Av. Pe arson 21,08034 Barcelona, Spain
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 away
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 embeddednessasa nexus between theoretical perspectives
for the study of social entrepreneurship.
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1. Introduction
Social entrepreneurship as a practice that integrates
economic and social value creation has along heritage
and a global presence. The global efforts of Ashoka,
founded by Bill Draytonin 1980, to provide seed
funding for entrepreneurs with asocial vision ( http://
www.ashoka.org ); the multiple activities of Grameen
Bank, established by Professor Muhammad Yunusin
1976 toeradicate poverty and empower women in
Bangladesh ( http://www.grameen-info.org ); or the use
of arts tod evelop community programs inPittsburghby
the Manchester Craftsmen sGuild, founded by Bill
Stricklandin 1968 ( http://www.manchesterguild.org ):
these are all contemporary manifestations ofa
phenomenon that finds its historical precedents in,
among other things ,the value sofVictorian Liberalism.
While entrepreneurial phenomena aimed at eco-
nomicdevelopment have received a great ...
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