market economy. This chapter examines one such example: the growing field of social entrepreneurship. Although it attracts … major interest in management studies, social entrepreneurship has received scant attention from economists. This chapter … resolves this oversight by placing the theory of social entrepreneurship on an economic foundation. It outlines the economic …

The growth of entrepreneurship literature spurred a discussion on the distinct characteristics of the different types … of entrepreneurship, with most attention being given to market, social, and political entrepreneurship. In organizing the … inquiry around these supposedly distinct types of entrepreneurship, scholars tend to focus on the goals entrepreneurs pursue …