This document discusses social enterprises and social innovation. It contains:
1. Descriptions of social enterprises as organizations that apply business strategies to achieve social goals, and social innovation as new concepts that meet social needs.
2. Discussions of how social enterprises create value through both their social missions and by producing value for customers through business products, unlike for-profit companies which focus on shareholder value.
3. Suggestions that the growth of social enterprises relies on replicating business models, cost structures, and value creation processes at scale through iterative application and expansion.
This document discusses social enterprises and social innovation. It contains:
1. Descriptions of social enterprises as organizations that apply business strategies to achieve social goals, and social innovation as new concepts that meet social needs.
2. Discussions of how social enterprises create value through both their social missions and by producing value for customers through business products, unlike for-profit companies which focus on shareholder value.
3. Suggestions that the growth of social enterprises relies on replicating business models, cost structures, and value creation processes at scale through iterative application and expansion.