Social entrepreneurship paradigm and its assessment in Latvia
2012
Dobele, L., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics
The research aim is to investigate the paradigm of social entrepreneurship in tackling socio-economic problems in Latvia, thus, four paradigms (government, free market, tertiary sector, and social entrepreneurship) and their advantages and disadvantages in tackling socio-economic problems were characterized. The nature and topicality of this term in tackling socio-economic problems was improved after analysing the scientific literature on social entrepreneurship. Defining a social enterprise is based and economic criteria. It was found in the present research that the government, the market, and nongovernmental organisations were not able to solve the increasing socio-economic problems (poverty and unemployment), and one of the most efficient and sustainable solutions was the development of social entrepreneurship.
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