CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INTERNATIONAL ASPECT

Abstract

Urgency of the research. The activity of social enterprises extends practically to all types of activities - from production to social services, nature conservation, resource saving, etc., so it is important to study the specifics of their development, taking into account their functioning in different parts of the world. Target setting. Activating the development of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine requires a deep and thorough study of the specifics of the development of social entrepreneurship abroad. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. A number of scientists were engaged in research and identification of concepts of social entrepreneurship, namely Grishina Y. S., Defourny J., Young D., etc. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The main and additional features of the American and European concept of social entrepreneurship are defined. The research objective. The purpose of this article is to identify and generalize the characteristics of the two main concepts of social entrepreneurship: American and European. The statement of basic materials. The article shows that the processes of formation and development of social enterprises are influenced by the features of social and economic and cultural development, the traditions of doing business, self-organization of the population in solving public problems, and caused the emergence of two basic concepts of social entrepreneurship: American and European, that are, basic views and understanding of social entrepreneurship in the US and Europe. Conclusions. As a result of the conducted research, the characteristic features of each of the considered concepts of social entrepreneurship are defined.