TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lehner,Othmar M.
AU  - Kaniskas,Juha
TI  - Opportuity recognition in social entrepreneurship: A thematic meta analysis
SN  - 0971-3557
AV  - HB615 JOU 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage
KW  - Opportunity recognition
KW  - Social entrepreneurship - thematic analysis
N2  - Opportunity recognition (OR) is at the very heart of entrepreneurship. However, research on OR in the context of social entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. First, this article identifies, codifies and analyses OR-relevant articles on social entrepreneurship (SE) through the lens of Sarasvathy’s three views of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. In the second step, statistical methods are applied on the results to indicate possible correlations among different schools of thought in SE and views on OR. OR in social ventures is found to be a prevalent topic in SE literature and differences in OR between social and commercial ventures are found
UR  - 10.1177/097135571102100102
ER  -