Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurs combine the passion of a social mission with an image of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination. The stimulation of entrepreneurship is a key element of social venturing and pursues the creation of new opportunities or satisfies society needs by means of innovation and the initiation of business-like activities. Besides the active usage of business means also heavily is drawn on the existence of social capita or the development of it, which is a requisite for the participation of regions, groups, individuals or society sectors in economic growth of the society.
 
  • about applying practical, innovative and sustainable approaches to benefit society in general, with an emphasis on those who are marginalized and poor.
  • a term that captures a unique approach to economic and social problems, an approach that cuts across sectors and disciplines.
  • grounded in certain values and processes that are common to each social entrepreneur, independent of whether his/ her area of focus has been education, health, welfare reform, human rights, workers' rights, environment, economic development, agriculture, etc., or whether the organizations they set up are non-profit or for-profit entities.
 

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Netherlands Institute for Social Venturing Entrepreneurship
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