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Social Entrepreneurship

2021, WiSt. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium

Abstract

Social Entrepreneurship, broadly understood as entrepreneurship for the common good, is gaining relevance as a scholarly discipline and as a social phenomenon. While management and organization studies increasingly investigate social entrepreneurship, in Germany a vibrant scene of entrepreneurs is emerging that subscribes to common good. This article puts social entrepreneurship into perspective and discusses a practical challenge of this 'hybrid organization': the need to manage tensions.