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Social Enterprise Development

Social Enterprise Development is a strategic process within local economic development that fosters the creation, growth, and sustainability of social enterprises by combining entrepreneurial activities with social, environmental, or community objectives, thereby distinguishing it from conventional enterprise development through its dual emphasis on financial viability and measurable social impact.

1.2K

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83.9K

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2.1K

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1K

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2017–2026

586

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1.2K

Social entrepreneurship research: A source of explanation, prediction, and delight

Johanna Mair, Ignasi Martí · Journal of World Business · 2005 · 3.9K citations

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Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?

James E. Austin, Howard H. Stevenson, Jane Wei–Skillern · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2006 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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A typology of social entrepreneurs: Motives, search processes and ethical challenges

Shaker A. Zahra, Éric Gedajlovic, Donald O. Neubaum et al. · Journal of Business Venturing · 2008 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Social Entrepreneurship and Societal Transformation

Sarah H. Alvord, L. David Brown, Christine W. Letts · The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science · 2004 · 1.3K citations

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Conceptions of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship in Europe and the United States: Convergences and Divergences

Jacques Defourny, Marthe Nyssens · Journal of Social Entrepreneurship · 2010 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. CB
    Carlo Borzaga

    University of Trento, Italy

    14 publications · 840 citations

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  2. JB
    Jo Barraket

    Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

    11 publications · 560 citations

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  3. FL
    Fergus Lyon

    Middlesex University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 993 citations

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  4. JD
    Jacques Defourny

    University of Liège, Belgium

    13 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Roy

    Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 530 citations

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Institutions

1K

  1. Glasgow Caledonian University

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    43 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Swinburne University of Technology

    Melbourne, Australia

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    960 citations

  3. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise

    Trento, Italy

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    4K citations

  7. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    680 citations

  8. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    2.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Social enterprise journal

    101 publications · 6.8K citations

    43

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  2. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

    JSE · 56 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Business Ethics

    27 publications · 3.8K citations

    25

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  5. Sustainability

    29 publications · 939 citations

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