This paper undertakes an analytical, critical and synthetic examination of quot;social entrepreneurshipquot; in its common use, considering both the quot;socialquot; and the quot;entrepreneurshipquot; elements in the concept. On both points there is a range of use, with significant differences...

We use a critical discussion of contributions by Karl Polanyi and Robert Heilbroner to argue that thinking about entrepreneurship as a potential instrument of relief from endemic poverty and disadvantage, especially amongst the indigenous, has all too often been captive to a concept of...