Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship as a Field of Science (25E32000)
Session 01
Kwan Jin Yao (445636)
“The Past and Current State of Art in Entrepreneurship Research”
Considering the current state of art in entrepreneurship research, what would be the most interesting topics for you? Please also argue for why it would be interesting based on course literature and your own reflections on entrepreneurship. Find one high quality journal article that would best complement the readings of this session with your own research interest. Please provide full references.
Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship
Towards a Convergent Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process (Chell, 2007)
Whereas traditional corporations are premised upon profit maximisation, and entrepreneurs are similarly focused on generating profits and returns, social entrepreneurs are – in addition – deeply cognisant of the need to generate returns for their communities and societies. Given the growing protests against large companies after the recent global financial crisis, the perceived erosion of business integrity amongst leaders and managers, as well as widening socio-economic inequalities between the haves and the have-nots, many have sought to apply entrepreneurial and commercial strategies to improve the well-being of different individuals and their corresponding environments. Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship have therefore emerged as interesting and meaningful themes in entrepreneurship research.
While none of the three prescribed readings made direct mention of the two themes of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, Kuratko (2006) identified entrepreneurial ethics as “a growing area of research in the past decade” (Kuratko, 2006, 485), and referenced a research article which offered “a theoretical framework of ethical behaviour and a comparative analysis of ethical perceptions of ethical perceptions of managers, of large, mostly publicly traded corporations … and the
Session 01
Kwan Jin Yao (445636)
“The Past and Current State of Art in Entrepreneurship Research”
Considering the current state of art in entrepreneurship research, what would be the most interesting topics for you? Please also argue for why it would be interesting based on course literature and your own reflections on entrepreneurship. Find one high quality journal article that would best complement the readings of this session with your own research interest. Please provide full references.
Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship
Towards a Convergent Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process (Chell, 2007)
Whereas traditional corporations are premised upon profit maximisation, and entrepreneurs are similarly focused on generating profits and returns, social entrepreneurs are – in addition – deeply cognisant of the need to generate returns for their communities and societies. Given the growing protests against large companies after the recent global financial crisis, the perceived erosion of business integrity amongst leaders and managers, as well as widening socio-economic inequalities between the haves and the have-nots, many have sought to apply entrepreneurial and commercial strategies to improve the well-being of different individuals and their corresponding environments. Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship have therefore emerged as interesting and meaningful themes in entrepreneurship research.
While none of the three prescribed readings made direct mention of the two themes of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, Kuratko (2006) identified entrepreneurial ethics as “a growing area of research in the past decade” (Kuratko, 2006, 485), and referenced a research article which offered “a theoretical framework of ethical behaviour and a comparative analysis of ethical perceptions of ethical perceptions of managers, of large, mostly publicly traded corporations … and the