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Social entrepreneurship and the common good

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Book chapter

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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

ISBN

978-1-80382-662-2

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
ESRC IAA award from U York (Doherty)