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A Review of Social Entrepreneurship Research

In: Social Entrepreneurship

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  • Anne Pierre

    (Mid University)

  • Yvonne Friedrichs

    (Mid University)

  • Joakim Wincent

    (University of Vaasa
    Luleå University of Technology)

Abstract

To enhance the understanding of social entrepreneurship, researchers have to reach a consensus on the construct of definitions and, in doing so, acknowledge the diversity of research interests involved in the study of social entrepreneurship. The purpose of the chapter is to present a state-of-the-art review and a bibliographical analysis of the field of social entrepreneurship. We highlight and analyse the extent to which research has devoted significant attention to social entrepreneurship, what individual researchers have published about social entrepreneurship topics, and how they have engaged in areas of discussion and made contributions. In a response to the lack of published research and incremental knowledge-building, the chapter further maps the prominent issues discussed in the social entrepreneurship literature and outlines some possible emergent research dialogues. One presumption in our study is that the discussions in the most cited articles have had a major impact on the direction of the contemporary social entrepreneurship discourse. In this vein, the study highlights key contributors and contributions to the multidisciplinary field of social entrepreneurship, and the relationships between individual contributions and the broader discussion in the literature.

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  • Anne Pierre & Yvonne Friedrichs & Joakim Wincent, 2014. "A Review of Social Entrepreneurship Research," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Anders Lundström & Chunyan Zhou & Yvonne von Friedrichs & Elisabeth Sundin (ed.), Social Entrepreneurship, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 43-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-01396-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01396-1_3
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    1. Sayem Hossain & M. Abu Saleh & Judy Drennan, 0. "A critical appraisal of the social entrepreneurship paradigm in an international setting: a proposed conceptual framework," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-22.
    2. Noelia Franco-Leal & Rosalia Diaz-Carrion, 2022. "How financing and information drive international corporate entrepreneurs’ innovations," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 316-343, June.
    3. Gurău, Călin & Dana, Léo-Paul, 2018. "Environmentally-driven community entrepreneurship: Mapping the link between natural environment, local community and entrepreneurship," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 221-231.
    4. Huasheng Zhu & Yawei Chen & Kebi Chen, 2019. "Vitalizing Rural Communities: China’s Rural Entrepreneurial Activities from Perspective of Mixed Embeddedness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-21, March.
    5. Sayem Hossain & M. Abu Saleh & Judy Drennan, 2017. "A critical appraisal of the social entrepreneurship paradigm in an international setting: a proposed conceptual framework," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 347-368, June.

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