Summary Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship & Small Firms: Lecture 6Entrepreneurship & Small Firm
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What is social entrepreneurship and
what do social entrepreneurs do?what do social entrepreneurs do?
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Creative pursuit of private profit and gain underpinsCreative pursui...
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Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship & Small Firms: Lecture 6
James Carr
james.carr@ed.ac.uk
Wednesday 25th February 2009
, Learning objectives and overview
To understand:
what social entrepreneurship is and what social
entrepreneurs do
key drivers of social entrepreneurship
the complex challenges that social
entrepreneurs face and one social innovation
model as a potential solution, illustrated through
the use of a case example (REAL project,
Inverness)
, Learning objectives and overview
To consider:
some critiques of social entrepreneurship
some research implications
social entrepreneurship as a career option
, Course booklet
The growth of social enterprises. Small
enterprises until recently were seen purely as
profit motivated organisations with an owner
manager or owner managed team. It has been
realised that entrepreneurship can also be
important in the public sector or non-profit
charity sector. There are many small social
enterprises emerging, encouraged by
Government as a useful complement to
Government activities to improve social welfare
and wellbeing.
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