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Cities and social entrepreneurship

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  • Benoît Desmarchelier

    (The University of Lille)

  • Faridah Djellal

    (The University of Lille)

  • Faïz Gallouj

    (The University of Lille)

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship research remains largely conceptual and qualitative, which makes the comparisons with profit-seeking entrepreneurship difficult. This paper is an attempt to fill in this empirical divide. As such, we perform a statistical study of the characteristics of the social entrepreneurial city. Using a nationwide dataset on social venturing at the city level in France, and given the scarcity of labeled social ventures in the country, we define a social entrepreneurial city as one that count at least one of such firms. Our statistical analysis reveals that the social entrepreneurial city shares many common points with the entrepreneurial city: it is a large city, and with a diversified economy. There are also some major differences, as we find that social entrepreneurship emerges in places lacking of creative arts and entertainment options, and where the activity rate is low.

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  • Benoît Desmarchelier & Faridah Djellal & Faïz Gallouj, 2023. "Cities and social entrepreneurship," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 71(3), pages 627-650, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:anresc:v:71:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s00168-022-01176-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s00168-022-01176-0
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    JEL classification:

    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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