Development Of Social Entrepreneurship Research Articles

Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship Formation in St. Petersburg and Russian Regions

This article is based on the results of an empirical study of social entrepreneurship development in St. Petersburg and the Rus sian Federation regions. The study was aimed at analyzing the dynamics of social business, and identifying obstacles and barriers of its development. The difficulties faced by entre preneurs in the development of this form of business are clarified; the necessary measures to support social entrepreneurs are identified; recommendations on elimination of obstacles to its development are formulated.

Impact of social learning on entrepreneurial behavior: case of entrepreneurship education at state sector universities in Sri Lanka

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of social learning in entrepreneurship education conducted by the universities on the development of entrepreneurial behaviors of the course participants. Primary data are collected from 185 students of extension courses on entrepreneurship offered by three Sri Lankan universities namely, University of Colombo, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and University of Moratuwa. According to the factor analysis result, social learning process comprised four factors, namely attention, retention, motoric reproduction and motivation. The results show that social learning exists in entrepreneurship education and it positively impacts the development of entrepreneurial behaviors namely planning activities, establishing legitimacy and market behavior. Specially, motoric reproduction was found to be significant predictor of all three entrepreneurial behaviors. Further, entrepreneurs shall engage in social learning in entrepreneurship education to develop their entrepreneurial learning. The research provides important insights to the higher education sector in framing the delivery of its entrepreneurship courses to ensure effectiveness in entrepreneurship education. Nevertheless, this study affirms the existing arguments on the association between social learning and entrepreneurship development through a quantitative analysis.

Social entrepreneurship and economic development: A macro-level perspective

Social entrepreneurship and economic development: A macro-level perspective

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND THEIR MARKETS IN BULGARIA

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment .

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BULGARIA AND EUROPE

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of the EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment. What is important to happen is to create suitable conditions for the development of social enterprises with the widest possible range - vulnerable groups themselves and their problems are diverse and different, and the „answer” to their needs must be flexible in order to be efficient and effective; the „ way to solutions “ is not important - the paths may be different, as are diverse and vast opportunities for economic initiatives that leads to the result itself, the result is important - better integration and sustainable tackling of social exclusion .

Перспективы применения американского корпоративно-правового опыта в развитии российского социального предпринимательства

Перспективы применения американского корпоративно-правового опыта в развитии российского социального предпринимательства

Социальное предпринимательство как социальная инновация

The problem of social entrepreneurship, which the authors raise in their article, describes not only the shortcomings in this sector of the economy, but also the main obstacles in the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia. The authors consider foreign experience in adapting social entrepreneurship to the real economy, describe problems that Russian social entrepreneurs encounter in practice. A separate block describes the problems of society, which are considered as social innovation.

The role of the social innovation and entrepreneurship development fund in fostering social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong: A study on public policy innovation

AbstractCreating an enabling environment for social entrepreneurship in tackling complex socio‐economic challenges is at the forefront of government policy agendas globally. Although several policy mechanisms have been proposed to this end, whether and to what extent those policy mechanisms may (re)shape the social entrepreneurship environments have rarely been explored. By examining the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), a recent policy project aimed at fostering social innovation in Hong Kong, this article presents a rare empirical exploration to illustrate how public policies can potentially drive social innovation. We explore first the impact of the SIE Fund in fostering innovation among its funded social enterprises, and second, how the SIE Fund may have influenced Hong Kong's social entrepreneurship environment. Results show that the projects under the SIE Fund exhibit characteristics distinct from the social enterprises prior to the inception of the SIE Fund. In addition, evidence of innovations in terms of product, process, marketing, and innovation in developing new or improved social practices were also identified. This study illustrates how specific public policy mechanisms may potentially facilitate the diversification, inclusion, innovation, and expansion of the social entrepreneurship environment. Findings carry substantial policy implications, in particular to neighbouring East Asian societies typically characterized by a strong government, and face similar structural, demographic and socio‐economic challenges that necessitate innovative solutions.

К вопросу об эффективности поддержки социального предпринимательства в России

This work aims to analyze the current development of social entrepreneurship in Russia, identify the characteristic features that accompany the development of the phenomenon, and analyze the financial sustainability of modern Russian social enterprises. For this purpose, a comparative analysis of the aggregate of social enterprises, supported by a specialized fund in 2015 is used (data provided by SPARK database). Within the framework of the research, the composition, direction and term of life of social and entrepreneurial projects are analyzed. The study showed that at the current time the analysis of the activities of many social enterprises is significantly hampered by their chosen organizational and legal form of activity, many enterprises are unstable or have ceased operations. This result allows us to conclude that there is a need for comprehensive and long-term support of social and entrepreneurial projects.

Social Entrepreneurship: Social Enterprises and Their Markets in Bulgaria

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment.

Особливості розвитку соціального підприємництва: закордонний досвід

Особливості розвитку соціального підприємництва: закордонний досвід

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS ONE OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF LATVIA

Since 1 of April 2018, it is possible to register social entrepreneurship in Latvia as one of the type of business and to take advantage that is only suitable for this type of business. The study analyses how coud social entrepreneurship become one of the opportunities to address social problems, directly in rural areas, where today in Latvia is concentrated the largest population of a socially unprotected groups. This means that, while developing social enterprises and solving social problems in the regions of Latvia, at the same time, also address other issues that are actual today – lack of labour force. For entrepreneurs in rural areas, the lack of labour is the most significant, and there is no problem in Latvian regions with finding a place of residence. The development of social entrepreneurship would also be a contributory factor in the fact that the new generation would not leave the countryside, but try to build up their business using existing infrastructure, including a rural school, kindergarten – it helps to them continue to work as well. In the Latvian countryside most are farmers and crafts companies, whose business is most often expressed seasonality. At the rural areas farmers can support with works during sowing and harvesting, and some works during growing period on organic farms. There is also a growing lack of labour force in the sales companies who support farmers with new technologies, especially in aftersales – service departments. Social entrepreneurship could be one of the solutions, especially since it is very seasonal for repairs, so that it is possible to focus the work on the season by successfully management with the contingent in the countryside. There is a great opportunities to make cooperation with local authorities on this issue, the role of the social business in the development and social Affairs of the rural environment should be clarified. As a result of successful cooperation, social enterprises can become an important contribution to local authorities in addressing the societal challenges of the municipality. The study analyses how important to develop this model of cooperation, as it needs to convince local leaders before work on regional reform begins.

Empreendedorismo social: contributos legislativos

This study evaluates whether the legal ecosystem related to the incorporation of cooperatives and IPSS, their governance models, the professionalization of their managers, and the transparency and access to funding favor or inhibit social entrepreneurship. The new rules on the incorporation of cooperatives and the provision of three models of management and supervision facilitate the development of social entrepreneurship. Investor members promote the diversification of cooperative funding sources. The Portuguese legal environment presents weaknesses in the professionalization of cooperative managers and in the transparency of IPSS. The “Portugal Inovação Social” Program, crowdfunding and social entrepreneurship funds are innovative ways of investing in social entrepreneurship. However, the regulatory framework of crowdfunding and social entrepreneurship funds suffers from some weaknesses that may inhibit the development of these instruments.

Empreendedorismo social: contributos legislativos

This study evaluates whether the legal ecosystem related to the incorporation of cooperatives and IPSS, their governance models, the professionalization of their managers, and the transparency and access to funding favor or inhibit social entrepreneurship. The new rules on the incorporation of cooperatives and the provision of three models of management and supervision facilitate the development of social entrepreneurship. Investor members promote the diversification of cooperative funding sources. The Portuguese legal environment presents weaknesses in the professionalization of cooperative managers and in the transparency of IPSS. The “Portugal Inovação Social” Program, crowdfunding and social entrepreneurship funds are innovative ways of investing in social entrepreneurship. However, the regulatory framework of crowdfunding and social entrepreneurship funds suffers from some weaknesses that may inhibit the development of these instruments.

The emergence of social entrepreneurship in Russia

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a typology of social entrepreneurship in Russian Federation and describe the related models based on a deep understanding of the current institutional context and the positioning of social entrepreneurship in the arena of market and non-market activities. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on secondary data sources including legal documents, annual reports and websites of the social entrepreneurship-related organizations. Findings This paper finds that social entrepreneurship in Russia is located between civil society, the State and the market and it is the State that became a main driving force behind social entrepreneurship development. Originality/value This paper is the first to perceive the social entrepreneurship in modern Russia as a phenomenon with “semi-official” status. The original models and the very typology of social entrepreneurship are based on the newly introduced concept of “social-entrepreneurial mission”.

Towards Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Lebanon

Abstract Faced with provocation emerged from sustainable development, several states, and in specific organizations and other related social performers, are asking their tasks and desire to take dynamic perspective to social accountability. In doing this, they are faced with sustainable development challenges. Entrepreneurship constitutes the business efforts of an individual or group for earning profit and ensuring economic empowerment, while social entrepreneurship involves the business activities with an embedded social purpose focused on sustainability rather than immediate outcomes. Entrepreneurship is an important factor of economy. The development of social entrepreneurship needs a structural adjustment in the society. The principal paper aim is to investigate the social entrepreneurship role in improving sustainable development. Also, the paper will examine social entrepreneurship as an effective tool in resolving social problems, noting that social entrepreneurship analysis can provide a response to sustainable development challenges. The research focuses on addressing the current state of social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship indicators, pillars of entrepreneurship development, business environment and entrepreneurial opportunity and signifying the practicality of dissimilar business models developed in social entrepreneurship. Surveys were conducted on fifty different organizations (banks and audit companies) to collect data. Also, SPSS system was used to analyze the data gathered, to study the relationship between sustainable development and social entrepreneurship. Evidence suggests that social entrepreneurship can play a significant role for poverty reduction, ensuring employment, economic prosperity, environmental justice, pollution free ecology, good governance, reduction of terrorism, guarantee of peace, corruption control etc., thus offering opportunities to fulfill sustainable development goals in Lebanon. We can conclude that social business models develop a basic spread that grant social entrepreneurs to participate actively to sustainable development.

Research models for financing social business: theory and practice

In the establishment of social enterprises with further functioning, there exists the problem of accessing investments. Therefore, theoretical and managerial aspects of the models formation of financing social entrepreneurship in the global economy are discussed in the article. The purpose of this research is consideration in financing methods of social enterprises for competitiveness in provision of the highest quality services and improvement of living standards. In order to achieve this purpose, methods of logical analysis, expert assessments, comparison method as well as systems analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction and analogies were applied. Moreover, the literature review on problems of social entrepreneurship development were analyzed. The approaches of social entrepreneurship definition and its disparity from charitable organizations and traditional businesses were highlighted. Furthermore, comparative analysis of the European and American models of financing social business was provided. The results are presented in five tables. The discussion of financial support for social enterprises is more active at all levels of government compared with the United States. In conclusion, the investment transparency of such enterprises with open accounting system should be driven by future development of social entrepreneurship. In view of this, conditions for the formation of social financial market can be created.

The role of The University Center for Social Development in the regional innovation ecosystem of social assistance.

The stable innovation system generation is one of the Russian economic policy priorities. Universities have the role of a central hub in the regional innovation systems formation. This article presents a study of factors influencing the formation and development of the university’s innovation environment and examples of innovation activities of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University V.P. Astafyev (KSPU) in the regional innovation ecosystem of social assistance. The second section of the article is devoted to the exchange of experience and the results of the university becoming the center of social development in the regional innovation ecosystem of social assistance. An important aspect of this part is a positive result in several key areas: Globalization - mobility and increased competition between universities in China, South Korea, Japan, Poland, Germany, France, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the United States; Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary - the integration of science, technology and design, teams from different faculties and universities; and Corporatization - specialized institutes of applied research, and extension of stakeholders. The final section presents the Transformation Program of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University at the University Center for Social Development of the Krasnoyarsk Territory for current and future operations. The program includes both initiatives and ongoing projects. Today, many successful examples prove that the Center for Social Development in the field of social assistance of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University plays an important role in the development of the region. Conclusion. Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University really stands on the route to the social entrepreneurship development and influx of new technologies, introduction of innovative approaches, and becomes the center of social and project competencies of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, one of the leading drivers of social development and of social assistance of the region.

Identidad, características y desarrollo social, económico y político de las cooperativas costarricenses. Atisbos en el sector de economía social

A partir del desarrollo de las cooperativas, en el siglo xx se hace referencia a los aspectos más importantesde la vida del cooperativismo costarricense, con base en la legislación promulgada, y tomando algunos datosofrecidos por autores interesados en este tipo de desarrollo socio empresarial. Se resalta la expansión políticadel cooperativismo costarricense en el ámbito nacional y se atrae la atención en la ausencia de reconocimientode sectores que como ahorro y crédito y las mujeres cooperativistas dentro de la organización política delConsejo Nacional de Cooperativas. A más de un siglo, el Índice de Progreso Social ofrece datos importantessobre el impacto social del cooperativismo, en algunos de los cantones que demuestra su vigencia e importancia para la economía del país. La influencia de entes como la Alianza Cooperativa Internacional, el avance delos derechos equitativos de las mujeres y la aceptación de normas internacionales de contabilidad han influidoen la propuesta de proyectos, algunos con éxito, otros están a la espera de la decisión legislativa, como es laincorporación de un sector de economía social.

Social entrepreneurship in Russia: current state and development features

Purpose: this work aims to analyze the current development of social entrepreneurship in Russia, identify the characteristic features that accompany the development of the phenomenon, and analyze the financial sustainability of modern Russian social enterprises.Methods: to achieve the stated goal, theoretical research methods – abstraction, analysis and synthesis were used. With the help of these methods, first of all, for the theoretical basis of the concept (review and evaluation of existing approaches to the definition of a phenomenon and similar concepts, as well as developing definition for research purposes), identifying problems of the conceptual apparatus and criteria in practice. As a result, the issues of qualitative and quantitative research of the phenomenon in Russia, as well as for a comparative analysis of social enterprises, supported by a specialized fund in 2015 (data provided by SPARK database). The paper also applied methods of empirical research, economic and, in some cases, financial analysis, namely, a comparison of companies in the sample of interest using the general methodology of financial comparison of enterprises. Within the framework of the study, the composition, direction and lifetime of social and entrepreneurial projects are analyzed using the example of a specific sample, and a formal, legally formalized representation of enterprises of social entrepreneurship in the Spark database.Results: the study showed that at the current time the analysis of the activities of many social enterprises is significantly hampered by their chosen organizational and legal form of activity, many enterprises are unstable or have ceased operations.Conclusions and Relevance: the study found that modern social enterprises have a heterogeneous composition and often a very unstable financial situation several years after receiving support. This result allows us to conclude that it is necessary to test the initial hypotheses on a larger sample. So, the further study of the conditionality of the duration of the "life" of the social enterprise with the initial parameters of the enterprise, such as, for example, the organizational legal form, and also the dependence of the duration of active entrepreneurial activity on the chosen social orientation – after all, small and medium enterprises themselves are rather unstable structures. Based on the conducted research, a hypothesis is also put forward on the need for comprehensive and long-term support of social and entrepreneurial projects.