Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230624 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Editor:] Gu, D. [Editor:] Dupre, M. E. [Title:] Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging [ISBN:] 978-3-319-69892-2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Cham [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-8
Publisher: 
Springer, Cham
Abstract: 
Social entrepreneurship is usually understood as an economic activity which focuses at social values, goals, and investments that generates surpluses for social entrepreneurs as individuals, groups, and startups who are working for the benefit of communities, instead of strictly focusing mainly at the financial profit, economic values, and the benefit generated for shareholders or owners. Social entrepreneurship combines the production of goods, services, and knowledge in order to achieve both social and economic goals and allow for solidarity building. From a broader perspective, entities that are focused on social entrepreneurship are identified as parts of the social and solidarity economy. These are, for example, social enterprises, cooperatives, mutual organizations, self-help groups, charities, unions, fair trade companies, community enterprises, and time banks. Social innovation is a key element of social entrepreneurship. Social innovation is usually understood as new strategies, concepts, products, services, and organizational forms that allow for the satisfaction of needs. Such innovations are created in particular in the contact areas of various sectors of the social system. For example, these are spaces between the public sector, the private sector, and civil society. These innovations not only allow the solving of problems but also extend possibilities for public action.
Subjects: 
Aging and innovation
Aging and entrepreneurship
JEL: 
J14
J18
O35
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Document Type: 
Book Part
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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