Designing a global standardized methodology for measuring social entrepreneurship activity: the global entrepreneurship monitor social entrepreneurship study
Lepoutre, Jan Justo, Rachida Terjesen, Siri Bosma, Niels
Lepoutre, Jan
Justo, Rachida
Terjesen, Siri
Bosma, Niels
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Publication Year
2013
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Small Business Economics
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40
Publication Issue
3
Publication Begin page
693
Publication End page
714
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Although there is a high level of practitioner, policymaker, and scholar interest in social entrepreneurship, most research is based on case studies and success stories of successful social entrepreneurs in a single country. We develop a methodology to measure population-based social entrepreneurship activity (SEA) prevalence rates and test it in 49 countries. Our results provide insights into institutional and individual drivers of SEA. Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) methodology of Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA), we find that countries with higher rates of traditional entrepreneurial activity also tend to have higher rates of social entrepreneurial activity. We develop a broad definition of social entrepreneurship and then explore types based on social mission, revenue model, and innovativeness.
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Accounting & Finance, Entrepreneurship