Companies created by women represent a substantial part of entrepreneurship. While men outnumber women in … entrepreneurship rates, the gender gap decreases in the case of social enterprises. This may be explained by the fact that roles and … study the gender gap in social and commercial entrepreneurship, distinguishing between enterprises with less than 42 months …

As a contribution to the discussion of the still young history of social entrepreneurship (SE) in Germany, we want to …

Research purpose The paper discusses the realistic theory of social entrepreneurship wherein social entrepreneurs sell …

Opportunity recognition (OR) is at the very heart of entrepreneurship. However, research on OR in the context of social … entrepreneurship is still in its early stages. First, this article identifies, codifies and analyses OR-relevant articles on social … entrepreneurship (SE) through the lens of Sarasvathy's three views of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. In the second step …

Most literature on social entrepreneurship has tended to occupy itself either with the start-up phases of social … entrepreneurship or the replication of successful ventures. In contrast this paper is interested in the transformation of a sector … induced by social entrepreneurship. More specifically it studies the later phases of this transformation. Inductive analysis …