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Social Entrepreneurship Discourses and Contributions : A Literature Analysis
2017
Differing from traditional type of entrepreneurship (i.e. business/ commercial entrepreneurship), social entrepreneurship embeds social value creation as its main objective. Recently, social entrepreneurship research is gaining popularity; meanwhile, ethics within social enterprises have not been comprehensively analyzed and debated. How to teach and train social entrepreneurs has also become a point of pedagogical significance. With a critical review of extant literature related to social entrepreneurship, a series of concepts emanate. We categorized our findings into three conceptual groups – ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability. Based on a qualitative meta-an…
REDUCING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION VIA DIGITAL SKILLS IMPROVEMENT: THE CASE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN LATVIA
2021
Latvian social enterprises and social entrepreneurship are becoming important since the adoption of the Social Enterprise Law in 2017 (effective as of 01.04.2018). The number of social enterprises with the legal status and the number of financial grants awarded to social enterprises has been steadily increasing, reaching 161 and 110 of them have received support over 7 million EUR as of 28.02.2021, data of the Register of Social Enterprises. Covid-19 crisis is continuing to have a negative effect on the sector since Latvian social enterprises were not provided any complementary support despite the double-bottom lines they are achieving. Inability to provide structured support mechanisms in …
Izaicinājumi sociālās uzņēmējdarbības attīstībai Latvijā
2020
Maģistra darba “Izaicinājumi sociālās uzņēmējdarbības attīstībai Latvijā” mērķis ir noskaidrot, kas kavē sociālās uzņēmējdarbības attīstību Latvijā, un kādi ir ar sociālā uzņēmuma izveidi un vadīšanu, kā arī statusa iegūšanu un saglabāšanu saistītie izaicinājumi. Darba teorētiskajā daļā aplūkots sociālā uzņēmuma jēdziena saturs Latvijas tiesiskā regulējuma izpratnē, raksturota sociālās uzņēmējdarbības izcelsme no uzņēmējdarbības perspektīvas, kā arī tās nepieciešamība un universāli teorijā balstītie šķēršļi tās attīstībai. Darbā izmatota jaukto metožu pētījuma stratēģija - veiktas 11 padziļinātās daļēji strukturētās intervijas ar dažādām sociālajā uzņēmējdarbībā iesaistītajām pusēm, kā arī …
Understanding and measuring social entrepreneurship
2017
This thesis aims to understand the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship and measure its component dimensions. In particular, the thesis addresses two research gaps in the social entrepreneurship research. The first gap addressed is the resource mobilization during marketing strategy development of a social enterprise in its start-up stage. Social entrepreneurship is a diverse concept constituting various organizational form and activities. Hence, the second research gap that this research study addresses is the issue of measurement of social entrepreneurship construct. The thesis consists of an introductory essay and five research articles. The first two articles in this compilation addres…