Social Entrepreneurship

1. SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Dr. Gopal Thapa
Tribhuvan University
Email: thapazee@gmail.com

2. Social Entrepreneurship
 Social entrepreneurship is all about recognizing
the social problems and achieving a social change
by employing entrepreneurial principles, processes
and operations
 It is all about making a research to completely
define a particular social problem and then
organizing, creating and managing a social
venture to attain the desired change
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3. Characteristics
 Focus on social problem
 Change agent
 Social value
 Every one can be a social entrepreneur
 Charitable consciousness with business strategy
 Every problem represent a resource
 Satisfaction
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4. Approaches of Social
Entrepreneurship
 The innovation school of thought
 The social enterprise school of thought
 Emergence of social enterprise in Europe (EMES)
 UK approach
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5. The Innovation School of Thought
 Individuals tackle social problems and meet social
needs in innovative manner
 Innovation in solving social problems is the most
important factor
 Other factors like revenue, replicability and
scalability are desirable ,but not mandatory
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6. The Social Enterprise School of
Thought
 Non-profit venture that generates earned income
 Serve social mission
 Generating income streams independent from
subsidies and grants
 Promotes the idea that adopting business methods
is a successful way to improve the effectiveness of
non-profit organization and make them more
entrepreneurial
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7. EMES Approach
 Developed by the Emergence of Social Enterprise
in Europe Research Network
 Social enterprise are launched by a group of
citizens, enjoys a high degree of autonomy,
participatory in nature and does not base decision
making power on capital ownership
 Based on associations, cooperatives, mutual
organizations and foundations
 Aim to benefit the community
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8. UK Approach
 Developed by Social Enterprise Coalition that
creates the social enterprise unit within the
Department of Trade and Industry , UK
 Business with primarily social objectives whose
surpluses are principally reinvested for that
purpose in the business or community rather than
being driven by the need to maximize profits for
shareholders or owners
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9. Sustainability of Social Enterprise
 Accept the challenge
 Specialization
 Be futuristic
 Focus on business purpose
 Reinvention and updating
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10. Sustainability of Social Enterprise
 Funding
 Management
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11. Funding
Internal Sources
External Sources
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12. Management
 Investment
 Flexibility in management
 Training
 Work with communities
 Focus on human resources
 Ethical management
 Enthusiasm and support
 Responsive
 Networking
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13. Any queries?
Thank you
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