TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trivedi,Chitvan
AU  - Stokols,Daniel
TI  - Social enterprises and corporate enterprises: Fundamental differences and defining features
SN  - 0971-3557
AV  - HB615 JOU 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage
KW  - Social enterprises
KW  - Corporate enterprises
N2  - To date, most efforts to define social entrepreneurship have focused on adapting existing management theories on entrepreneurship and non-profits rather than distinguishing the organisational purposes and structure of social entrepreneurship from traditional for-profit organisations. There is little consensus among academicians and practitioners alike as to what social entrepreneurship is and what it is not. To articulate a clear and non-ambiguous definition of social entrepreneurship, it is necessary first to understand the distinguishing features of social entrepreneurial ventures compared with corporate entrepreneurial ventures and non-profit organisations. This article differentiates these ventures in terms of their motives, goals, antecedent conditions, processes, role of the entrepreneur and outcomes. In doing so, it provides a brief summary of the state of knowledge in the emerging field of social entrepreneurship and raises new questions and hypotheses for future research on this topic
UR  - 10.1177/097135571002000101
ER  -