Post #3. Social entrepreneurship
How would you define a social entreprenur? can we all be one of them?? what are its limits?
I found a very interesting article at the Standford Social Innovation Review that help us to address this questions and to understand in deep the challenges that this sector faces.
I give you some main ideas that highlights the key messasges of the article:
– Quiete a mess. “The definition of social entrepreneurship today is anything but clear. As a result, social entrepreneurship has become so inclusive that it now has an immense tent into which all manner of socially beneficial activities fit”
– seeing opportunities in where everyone sees problems . “Regardless of whether they cast the entrepreneur as a breakthrough innovator or an early exploiter, theorists universally associate entrepreneurship with opportunity. Entrepreneurs are believed to have an exceptional ability to see and seize upon new opportunities, the commitment and drive required to pursue them, and an unflinching willingness to bear the inherent risks”
– The entrepreneur is inspired to alter the unpleasant equilibrium; thinks creatively and develops a new solution that dramatically breaks with the existing one; takes direct action; demonstrate courage throughout the process of innovation; possess the fortitude to drive their creative solutions through to fruition and market adoption.
-The difference between entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs relies in the motivation.
– Social entrepreneurship is different from social service provision and social activism. In the first case the difference is in the outcome and its impact. “Social service ventures never break out of their limited frame, their impact remains constrained, their service area stays confined to a local population, and their scope is determined by whatever resources they are able to attract”
. In the second case, the difference relies in the actor’s action orientation. While social entrepreneurs take direct action activist attempts to create change through indirect action, by influencing others – governments, NGOs, etc.
Find the document at:
Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg. Social Entreprenership: the case for definition. Standford Social Innovation Review. 2007. http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/social_entrepreneurship_the_case_for_definition/
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08 Jun 2012
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Diana Patricia Sanchez Barajas
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