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Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition

Source: www.skollfoundation.org
Topic: Entrepreneurship

Sort Desciption: we would argue that the definition of social entrepreneurship. today is anything but clear. ... Any definition of the term social entrepreneurship must ...

Content Inside: Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition By Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg Stanford Social Innovation Review Spring 2007 Copyright 2007 by Leland Stanford Jr. University All Rights Reserved MUHAMMAD YUNUS Access to small loans has helped millions of people around the globe dramatically improve their lives and the economic health of their communities. The man behind this capitalist revolution is Muhammad Yunus founder of Grameen Bank and father of microcredit. by ROGER L. MARTIN & SALLY OSBERG PHOTOGRAPHS COUR TESY OF (TOP LEFT AND RIGHT) FRIENDS OF GRAMEEN; (BOTTOM) THE SKOLL FOUNDA TION ocial entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent money and attention. But along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does. As a result all sorts of activities are now being called social entre- preneurship. Some say that a more inclusive term is all for the good but the authors argue that its time for a more rigorous definition. the case for def i ni tion www.ssireview.org spring 2007 / STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW 29 So cial en tre pre neur ship: S THE NASCENT FIELD OF social entrepreneurship is grow- ing rapidly and attracting increased attention from many sec- tors. The term itself shows up frequently in the media is ref- erenced bypublic officials has become common on university campuses and informs the strategyof several prominent social sector organizations including Ashoka and the Schwab and Skoll foundations. The reasons behind the popularity of social entrepreneur- ship are many.On the most basic level theres something inher- ently interesting and appealing about entrepreneurs and the sto- ries of why and how they do what they do. People are attracted to social entrepreneurs like last years Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus for many of the same reasons that they find business entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs so compelling these extraordinar ...

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