As a contribution to the discussion of the still young history of social entrepreneurship (SE) in Germany, we want to discuss the relationship between SE and sustainable development by means of four theses. The theses examine an idea, which has held a prominent place in the self-conception of...

In the context of the Rio Earth Summit numerous international regimes, national policies and organizational guidelines have appeared that help translate the normative demands of sustainable development into political reality. The implementation of these instruments, however, often runs into...