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Emerging Trends in Social Entrepreneurship

- by Dr. V. V. S. K. Prasad *

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Social Entrepreneurship is an extension of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). Social Entrepreneurship is as old as CSR. Social entrepreneurs drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development.

They pursue poverty alleviation goals with entrepreneurial zeal, business methods and the courage to innovate and overcome traditional practices.A social entrepreneur, similar to a business entrepreneur, builds strong and sustainable organizations, which are either set up as not-for-profits or companies.

A social entrepreneur is a leader or pragmatic visionary who:

  • Achieves large scale, systemic and sustainable social change through a new invention, a different approach, a more rigorous application of known technologies or strategies, or a combination of these. Focuses first and foremost on the social and/or ecological value creation and tries to optimize the financial value creation.
  • Innovates by finding a new product, a new service, or a new approach to a social problem.  Continuously refines and adapts approach in response to feedback.
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  • Combines the characteristics represented by Richard Branson and Mother Teresa.

    • The Schwab Foundation employs the following criteria when looking for leading social entrepreneurs: Innovation, Sustainability, Reach and social impact.  

    Social entrepreneurs share some common traits including:

  • An unwavering belief in the innate capacity of all people to contribute meaningfully to economic and social development  A driving passion to make that happen. 
  • A practical but innovative stance to a social problem, often using market principles and forces, coupled with dogged determination, that allows them to break away from constraints imposed by ideology or field of discipline, and pushes them to take risks that others wouldn't dare.
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  • A zeal to measure and monitor their impact. Entrepreneurs have high standards, particularly in relation to their own organization’s efforts and in response to the communities with which they engage. Data, both quantitative and qualitative, are their key tools, guiding continuous feedback and improvement. 
  • A healthy impatience. Social entrepreneur cannot sit back and wait for change to happen – they are the change drivers.




    • Dr. V. V. S. K. Prasad holds B.Com. from Andhra University, M.Com. (Accounting & Finance) from Acharya Nagarjuna University and MBA (Finance) from Ambedkar Open University. He also finished his Doctoral Research on "Leadership Styles & Organizational Effectiveness" from Ranchi University in 1992. Since then, he has been in teaching profession. He is currently serving as Professor & Head - MBA at The Hindu College, Machilipatnam.

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