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Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory

Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory

Andrea Pérez, Carlos López-Gutiérrez, Ana Fernández-Laviada
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799880653|ISBN10: 1799880656|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799880660|EISBN13: 9781799880677
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8065-3.ch012
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Pérez, Andrea, et al. "Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory." Future Advancements for CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID-19 World, edited by Andrea Pérez, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 242-263. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8065-3.ch012

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Pérez, A., López-Gutiérrez, C., & Fernández-Laviada, A. (2022). Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory. In A. Pérez (Ed.), Future Advancements for CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID-19 World (pp. 242-263). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8065-3.ch012

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Pérez, Andrea, Carlos López-Gutiérrez, and Ana Fernández-Laviada. "Social Entrepreneurship Typologies: Mapping the Territory." In Future Advancements for CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID-19 World, edited by Andrea Pérez, 242-263. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8065-3.ch012

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Abstract

Despite the increasing research in the field of social entrepreneurship (SE), unfortunately there is not yet consensus on its conceptualization. The main points of disagreement are related to the business mission and to the source of income. Based on these two dimensions and a bottom-up approach, this chapter contributes to previous literature by proposing and empirically exploring a categorization of three types of social entrepreneurs—socially responsible entrepreneur (SRE), social enterprise entrepreneur (SEE), and social initiative entrepreneur (SIE)—which is applied empirically to explore the social entrepreneurs' personal characteristics (gender, age, and education), similarities, and differences. Multinomial logistic regressions are applied on an international sample of GEM data that includes 11,280 commercial entrepreneurs and 3,373 social entrepreneurs. The findings of the study will permit researchers and practitioners to understand previous empirical findings on social entrepreneurship more clearly and to advance in the study of this evolving phenomenon.

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