PAPER Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic review
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PAPER
Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic review

By gathering and organizing dispersed knowledge about the SI process in SEs, this paper can help the social entrepreneurs, policy makers and supporting organisations of SEs to direct their attention to appropriate drivers that can enhance the SE’s ability to innovate socially. The study examines how SI can be encouraged and managed effectively in the SE. By investigating the…

BOOK Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts, and Tools
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BOOK
Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts, and Tools

Social entrepreneurship and social innovation both seek to improve the world through social change. Whereas social entrepreneurship revolves around the business side of change, social innovation focuses on the processes through which that change is generated. This textbook provides a comprehensive analysis of both topics, covering all the characteristics and elements of social innovation and…

BOOK Social Innovation: Comparative perspectives
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BOOK
Social Innovation: Comparative perspectives

Social innovation is a topic that is more and more being discussed on both national and European levels (hence, the announcement of this being a strategic priority EU wide). To better be able to provide social impact in the society and find novel solutions also for operating social enterprises, it is necessary to explore how…

PAPER Youth Associations and Entrepreneurship: Insights from Case Studies in Portugal
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PAPER
Youth Associations and Entrepreneurship: Insights from Case Studies in Portugal

Young people in western societies currently live in a paradoxical social condition: never has a generation been so qualified, nurturing high aspirations and expectations throughout school, regarding the value of employability and professional progression, while unemployment rates reach worrying values in younger population, a situation that is becoming structural. While discussing how the tools for the development of skills for…

ARTICLE Upshots of Intrinsic Traits on Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Young Business Graduates
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ARTICLE
Upshots of Intrinsic Traits on Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Young Business Graduates

In this study they deliberated some personality traits that boost the intentions towards social entrepreneurships. These personality traits were LKM (loving-kindness meditation), compassion, and entrepreneurship resilience. These personality traits interacted with each other in this study to enhance social entrepreneurship intentions. It was proven that LKM motivated the persons towards social entrepreneurship with the help of their compassion quality,…

RESEARCH Rise Up: Understanding Youth Social Entrepreneurs and Their Ecosystems
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RESEARCH
Rise Up: Understanding Youth Social Entrepreneurs and Their Ecosystems

In introducing Youth 2030, the UN strategy for supporting youth to turn their “ideas into action,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that  youth are “a vast source of innovation, ideas, and solutions” who are providing vital change and leadership on the global climate crisis, social justice, and technology – (United Nations 2018) As this UN initiative acknowledges, youth social entrepreneurs…

RESEARCH The role of social entrepreneurship for youth purpose development
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RESEARCH
The role of social entrepreneurship for youth purpose development

Despite the burgeoning research on social entrepreneurship in recent years, there is limited research on youths as a context for theorizing. This article examines the influence of social entrepreneurship on youth development through the positive youth development perspective. It explores how youth participation in social entrepreneurial activities helps develop their sense of purpose in life. Using data from semi-structured…

ONLINE COURSES HP Life online skills-training program
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ONLINE COURSES
HP Life online skills-training program

HP LIFE is a free, skills-training program for entrepreneurs, business owners, and lifelong learners all over the world. These free online training courses are designed to help entrepreneurs learn what they need to know to establish and grow a business. Besides a variety of extremely useful topics, one of the courses is specifically dedicated to social entrepreneurship….

GUIDELINES Social impact communication in youth organisations and youth social enterprises
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GUIDELINES
Social impact communication in youth organisations and youth social enterprises

Within the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT, the Latvian Social Entrepreneurship Association together with the Baltic partners has developed Social Impact Communication Guidelines. The goal of social impact communication is to increase and scale the positive social and environmental impact. These guidelines aim to create support instruments to help employees or volunteers in youth organisations or social enterprises to communicate their social impact…