Editorial: Social Entrepreneurship and Socio–Economic Development

The Relationship between Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development from the Social Experts’ Points of View

This research is a survey and exploratory study to present a conceptual model for the sustainable development of Iran based on social entrepreneurship. Its approach for conceptual modeling is based on Path Analysis through Multiple Regression Method. The study has benefited from five questionnaires (four for the Delphi Method’s rounds and another for the conceptual modeling itself). The statist...

Defining the ‘Social’ in ‘Social Entrepreneurship’: Altruism and Entrepreneurship

What is social entrepreneurship? In, particular, what’s so social about it? Understanding what social entrepreneurship is enables researchers to study the phenomenon and policy-makers to design measures to encourage it. However, such an understanding is lacking partly because there is no universally accepted definition of entrepreneurship as yet. In this paper, we suggest a definition of social...

Social Networks and Entrepreneurship

development of social entrepreneurship; problems, effective factors, and solutions

today, development of social entrepreneurship has been regarded as a social and altruistic mission and as a solution to some social problems and damages. entrepreneurship has exerted positive and direct impact on the activities of many different countries. on one hand, it leads to economic development and creation of vocational opportunities; and on the other hand, it causes to improve social a...

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

This chapter offers a review on modern entrepreneurship analysis, against the background of regional development. After a conceptual discussion on the importance and the measurement of entrepreneurship, the contribution discusses success factors and determinants of entrepreneurships. Next, focus is laid on the geography of entrepreneurship, while also due attention is paid to the relevance of n...