Social entrepreneurship and the common good
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Authors
Haugh, HM
Doherty, B
Abstract
The common good refers to contextual conditions that contribute to human wellbeing and flourishing, such as prosperous communities and environmental sustainability. In this chapter we consider how entrepreneurship impacts society by investigating the generalised outcomes of social entrepreneurship on the common good. From a qualitative study of ten large and profitable social enterprises in the United Kingdom, we theorize how social entrepreneurship contributes to the common good in the short and long term. We also conjecture how some commercial practices undermine the common good and further, explain how the common good performs as a conceptual anchor for social entrepreneurship.
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Title
Social entrepreneurship and the common good
Keywords
35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Is Part Of
Entrepreneurialism and society: consequences and meanings (Research in the Sociology of Organizations)
Book type
Edited volume
Publisher
Emerald
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ISBN
978-1-80382-662-2
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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
ESRC IAA award from U York (Doherty)