In this paper, I examine the difficulties of launching a Social Enterprise. The key challenge of funding a Social Enterprise Start-Up is to conceive a functioning business model. Social Enterprises are often subject to market failure as they try to provide for public goods or to improve them. I...

This article explores the federal securities law status of financial interests in for-profit social enterprise entities. When analyzed through the lens of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, financial interests in social enterprise businesses raise both concerns...

This paper explains the increasing popularity of social entrepreneurship and analyzes its company law consequences. Faced with tight budgets, governments are looking to the private sector to develop businesses that serve the interests of the public. Social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum as...

The concept of social enterprise is increasingly gaining academic interest worldwide and is increasingly becoming an integral component of the mainstream economies of many countries, including the Unite Kingdom. Despite persistent interest from academics, the concept is relatively underdeveloped...

Non-profits and social enterprises face significant financing challenges that include problems in securing public funding, unpredictability and discontinuities in grant funding from foundations and charities, and the difficulty of generating earned income. Crowdfunding has emerged as a promising...

Over the last decade, the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship has experienced impressive growth in different countries. Using a market- based approach, Social Enterprises (SEs) incorporate commercial forms of revenue generation (creating economic value) as a vehicle to accomplish their social...

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) increasingly view social entrepreneurship as means to expand their mission scope while simultaneously diversifying revenue streams and strengthening financial foundations. However, the pursuit of social entrepreneurial ventures often incites a tug-of-war phenomenon...

There is little to no existing research on the phenomenon of social enterprises (SEs) in Austria. To enable subsequent comparative studies, the author first traces social enterprises' conceptual underpinnings from most current research found in leading journals and subsequently creates a...