Social Entrepreneurship Topic 10

1. THE ECOLOGY OF SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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3. Stages in the Development of
Social Entrepreneurship
We can identify 3 stages of development of social
entrepreneurship :
Initial (pioneering) stage
Institutionalizations stage
Differentiation (Developed) stage
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4. Initial (pioneering) stage
 bottom – up emergency of social enterprises in various
sectors of interest to the community
 not legally regulated (recognized)
 operate despite the lack of enabling institutional and legal
environments
 low level of networking and no umbrella organizations
 high degree of innovation
 strong reliance of voluntary work
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5. Institutionalizations stage
 social enterprises rely on paid, trained staff
 grassroots, bottom up social enterprises recognized by state and
business sector
 there are on going discussion on legal framework and some policies
developed
 awareness of social entrepreneurship is widespread
 there are excellent social enterprises set as an example
 networking among social enterprises and other stakeholders is
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6. Differentiation (Developed) stage
 social enterprises are well consolidated organized in the network (s)
and expanding
 legal framework is set up and functions
 there is partnership with state / local and business sector
 social enterprises are managed by educated social managers
 citizens are aware of social enterprises and support them
 more financial schemes for the support of social enterprises
 social enterprises are linking internationally and exporting their
model
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7. Preconditions for the Development of
The Social Entrepreneurship
 actors (social enterprises, CSOs, government)
 awareness raising (informative and education)
 gradually improvement of the Legal framework
 building up of the financial support for the social enterprises
 promote social enterprises (best examples)
 network
 building capacities of the social managers
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10. As It Evolves…
 Definitions
 who’s in or not?
 expectations vs. reality
 demonstrating impact
 scalable business models
 mission or market?
 developing and harnessing talent
 access to finance
 policy levers and constraints
 individual vs. organizational capacity
 education – academic, mainstreamDr Anis Amira Ab Rahman 2015

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12. THEORIES AND
MISSIONS ARE GREAT,
BUT IT’S THE
BUSINESS MODEL
THAT DETERMINES
VIABILITY
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13. HEFCE and Social Entrepreneurship
• Since 2009 the HE Support initiative has :
~ provided powerful examples of positive change
~ developed an innovative approach to supporting
social entrepreneurs
* helped universities and colleges to develop
their support structures for social
entrepreneurship
* made it easier for students and staff to start up
a social venture and thrive within the higher
education environment
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25.  http://www.slideshare.net/Koroli/preconditions-for-
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 http://www.slideshare.net/socialentrepreneurship/ind
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 http://www.slideshare.net/UniversitiesUK/hefce-un-
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