Social Entrepreneurship in India: An Exploratory Study

Autores

  • Hemantkumar P. Bulsara National Institute of Technology, Ichchhanath, Surat
  • Shailesh Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  • Jyoti Chandwani Auro University of Hospitality and Management, Surat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v3i1.20

Palavras-chave:

Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, India

Resumo

Social Entrepreneurship is an all-encompassing nomenclature, used for depicting the process of, bringing about social change on a major and impactful scale compared to a traditional Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).  It is an increasingly important concept in the study of voluntary, non-profit and not-for -profit organizations. Earlier, organizations addressing key social issues were assumed to be idealistic, philanthropic with entrepreneurial skills. Social Entrepreneurship in India is emerging primarily because the government is very keen on its promotion, not necessarily by funding it or by advising on it but by enabling it. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the private sector with clearly earmarked funds and full-fledged action teams have played an important role in sprucing up the image of Social Entrepreneurship. The focus of the paper is to study the growing trends of Social Entrepreneurship in India and the new initiatives taken by various Social Entrepreneurs. It also gives a brief idea of different Theories of Social Entrepreneurship. Efforts are made to provide information and an exploratory study, related to the support activities of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurial ventures in India. This may be beneficial in future empirical studies of the subject.

 

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, India.

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Biografia do Autor

Hemantkumar P. Bulsara, National Institute of Technology, Ichchhanath, Surat

Assistant Professor (Economics & Management), In charge – Management, S V National Institute of Technology, Ichchhanath, Surat, Gujarat, India – 395007.

Shailesh Gandhi, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Associate Professor & Chairman – PGP, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

Jyoti Chandwani, Auro University of Hospitality and Management, Surat

Assistant Professor (Hospitality and Management)

AURO University,

Opp ONGC, Hazira Road, Surat – 394510

Publicado

01.06.2015

Como Citar

Bulsara, H. P., Gandhi, S., & Chandwani, J. (2015). Social Entrepreneurship in India: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Innovation – IJI, 3(1), 07–16. https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v3i1.20