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social entrepreneurship

social entrepreneurship noun: the application of the principles of business entrepreneurship—including risk-taking and ingenuity—to social causes.

Noun

social entrepreneurship (uncountable)

  1. The application of the principles of business entrepreneurship—including risk-taking and ingenuity—to social causes.
    • Development of social entrepreneurship should be a prime objective of the National Rural Center and regional centers.1970, Study Group on an Institute for Applied Science and Social Change in a Rural Area, A National Rural Center: Applying Science to Improve the Quality of Rural Life, National Research Council...
    • This social entrepreneurship has been particularly important in the expansion of traditional services by private associations, and in the introduction of community and commercially based distribution projects.1987, John Icki, “Structural Issues Related to Delivery Systems”, in Organizing for Effective Family Planning Programs, National Academy Press (Working Group on Family Planning Effectiveness), page...

Questions about social entrepreneurship

What does social entrepreneurship mean?
Social entrepreneurship means the application of the principles of business entrepreneurship—including risk-taking and ingenuity—to social causes.
What part of speech is social entrepreneurship?
Social entrepreneurship is a noun.

Words near social entrepreneurship in the dictionary

  1. social engineered
  2. social engineering
  3. social engineers
  4. social entrepreneur
  5. social entrepreneurs
  6. social entrepreneurship
  7. social envy
  8. social event
  9. social events
  10. social evil
  11. social evolutionism

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