This paper views social enterprise development in China as a process of institutional reinvention. This process indicates the foreign concept or practice's being modified to fit local realities and being combined with local elements to shape a course of development different from that in the...

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Social enterprises in China are being shaped by several interconnecting forces: The country’s cultural and linguistic history, new state approaches to economic and social development, and the strategic framing of social enterprises by leaders and supporters

The framework for this paper is as follows: firstly, it focuses on the context in which social enterprises emerge in China. Secondly, considering that China has not yet devised a specific legal form for social enterprises but rather grants a social enterprise status through certification, this...