The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: A Pathway for Inclusive Growth or an Alluring Mirage?

2015 ◽  
pp. 67-83
Author(s):  
Soushiant Zanganehpour
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Inclusive Growth

Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Role of Business Incubators, Academia and Social Enterprises in Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angathevar Baskaran ◽  
VGR Chandran ◽  
Boon-Kwee Ng
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Student Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Social

Globally, entrepreneurship is expected to play a central role in achieving ‘inclusive growth’. This special issue draws on various developments related to the role of business incubators, academia and social enterprises towards achieving inclusive entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable growth. A ‘successful entrepreneurship ecosystem’, which includes business incubation is fundamental for promoting economic growth. Over the years, business incubators are increasingly viewed as the facilitators of social inclusion and inclusive growth. Likewise, there has been an increasing focus on how society at large can gain benefit from the research activities of the academia and also how it can promote social and student entrepreneurship. Because of the positive contributions of the social enterprise sector in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), employment and positive social and environmental impacts, social entrepreneurship has gained recognition as a mainstream activity across the world. Consequently, many Asian countries have initiated a range of policies to support social entrepreneurship because of their perceived contributions towards inclusive growth.

Social Entrepreneurship Research: Past Achievements and Future Promises

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Saebi ◽  
Nicolai J. Foss ◽  
Stefan Linder
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Knowledge Growth ◽  
Cumulative Knowledge

The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in social entrepreneurship (SE). This has resulted in important insights concerning the role of SE in fostering inclusive growth and institutional change. However, the rapid growth of SE research, the emerging nature of the literature, and the fact that SE builds on different disciplines and fields (e.g., entrepreneurship, sociology, economics, ethics) have led to a rather fragmented literature without dominant frameworks. This situation risks leading to a duplication of efforts and hampers cumulative knowledge growth. Drawing on 395 peer-reviewed articles on SE, we (1) identify gaps in SE research on three levels of analysis (i.e., individual, organizational, institutional), (2) proffer an integrative multistage, multilevel framework, and (3) discuss promising avenues for further research on SE.

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