1 What Is Social Entrepreneurship? Introducing Relevant Terms, Metrics, and the Handbook Boundaries

Lane Graves Perry III
Benjamin J. Williams
Bryan C. Boots

Abstract

As a field, research into the practice, impact, and support of social entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurs, social ventures, social ecosystems, and social innovations) has blossomed over the past 30 years. What was once regarded as a subdomain of existing streams of research is now broadly accepted as its own domain of research, complete with its own terminology and foundational concepts. Through reflection and repriming thought, it is our desire for this handbook to serve as a first-stop-shop for both seasoned researchers and researchers from multiple disciplines ...

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