TY - CHAP
T1 - Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
T2 - A Conceptual Distinction
AU - Cunha, Jorge
AU - Benneworth, Paul Stephen
AU - Oliveira, Pedro
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In the last two decades, a renewed interest on the concepts of social innovation and social entrepreneurship has emerged. In fact, a large body of theoretical developments that occurred in the fields of innovation, territorial development, social economics, and public governance (among others) have emphasised the need to adopt new approaches to new (or emerging) problems, such as: climate change; chronic diseases; increasing inequalities in income distribution; high rates of unemployment (particularly among young people); the impact of ageing population; and mass urbanisation and social exclusion phenomenon. This chapter aims at contributing to this literature by making an attempt to distinguish both concepts: social innovation and social entrepreneurship. For that purpose, the definition of each of these concepts, their main features as well as their major differences are presented. Finally, the role that HEIs might play in promoting social innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives is also discussed.
AB - In the last two decades, a renewed interest on the concepts of social innovation and social entrepreneurship has emerged. In fact, a large body of theoretical developments that occurred in the fields of innovation, territorial development, social economics, and public governance (among others) have emphasised the need to adopt new approaches to new (or emerging) problems, such as: climate change; chronic diseases; increasing inequalities in income distribution; high rates of unemployment (particularly among young people); the impact of ageing population; and mass urbanisation and social exclusion phenomenon. This chapter aims at contributing to this literature by making an attempt to distinguish both concepts: social innovation and social entrepreneurship. For that purpose, the definition of each of these concepts, their main features as well as their major differences are presented. Finally, the role that HEIs might play in promoting social innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives is also discussed.
KW - METIS-310931
KW - IR-96326
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch069
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch069
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781522519232
SP - 1619
EP - 1643
BT - Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
PB - IGI Global
ER -