Social entrepreneurship
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Photo: Mitch Wilson A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value. Unlike traditional business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs primarily seek to generate "social value" rather than profits. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations, their work is targeted not only towards immediate, small-scale effects, but sweeping, long-term change. "Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems.
The New Heroes . What is Social Entrepreneurship?
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. L' entrepreneuriat social est apparu au cours des années 1990 en Europe et aux États-Unis avec des approches différenciées tout en partageant quelques fondamentaux communs [ 1 ] . Cette forme d'entrepreneuriat, au service de l'intérêt général, recouvre l’ensemble des initiatives économiques dont la finalité principale est sociale ou environnementale et qui réinvestissent la majorité de leurs bénéfices au profit de cette mission [ 2 ] . D'après la définition du Mouvement des entrepreneurs sociaux (Mouves) qui fédère et représente les entrepreneurs sociaux en France, "les entreprises sociales sont des entreprises à finalité sociale, sociétale ou environnementale et à lucrativité limitée. Elles cherchent à associer leurs parties prenantes à leur gouvernance" [ 3 ] . Cette définition est inspirée de travaux à l'échelon européen [ 4 ] .
Entrepreneuriat social
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship means identifying or recognizing a social problem and using entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a social venture to achieve a desired social change . Business entrepreneurs typically measure performance in profit and return, but social entrepreneurs also take into account a positive return to society. Social entrepreneurship typically furthers broad social, cultural, and environmental goals and is commonly associated with the voluntary and not-for-profit sectors. [ 1 ] Profit can at times also be a consideration for certain companies or other enterprises. Social entrepreneurship practised in a world or international context is called international social entrepreneurship. [ 2 ] See also Corporate social entrepreneurship . [ edit ] History