'The editors of this book have put together a volume that advances research on and deepens the understanding of social entrepreneurship in a number of ways. First, the volume offers a model of social entrepreneurship that bridges economics and sociology. Second, the approach taken expands our...

It is over twenty years since the first research article on social entrepreneurship was published. The literature has reached the critical mass necessary for reflection and singling out of exemplar pieces, and the exponential growth in research interest in the field now merits identification of...

More and more nonprofit organizations employ business strategies to be more effective and to achieve their social goals. Social entrepreneurship is an option for increasingly more people who want to change the society for the better. The study investigates how Romanians understand the role of...

Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 – MacIntyre’s virtue-practice-institution framework -- Chapter 3 – Business within capitalism and MacIntyre -- Chapter 4 – Alternative forms of enterprise and MacIntyre’s framework -- Chapter 5 – Defining Social Enterprise -- Chapter 6 –...