CHAPTER 8

Walking a Tightrope between Business and Sustainable Development: A Social Enterprise Marketing Perspective

Chinmoy Bandyopadhyay and Subhasis Ray

Social entrepreneurs (SEs) address sustainability-related challenges by adopting appropriate revenue-generating business models. However, combining sustainability and business-related aspects poses unique challenges for them. While these challenges are well documented, research has not adequately described the role of marketing in achieving sustainable development goals through social entrepreneurship. In this chapter, we discuss how marketing is important for social enterprises, what challenges it poses, and how they are addressed. Using information from past literature on social enterprise ...

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