... entrepreneur. Originality/value By re‐imagining “the social” and “entrepreneurship” through the work of Tarde, the article suggests that scholars can develop new conceptualisations of social entrepreneurship. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Social entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs Hand...

...Briga Hynes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of business growth as it applies to the social enterprise. It examines if social entrepreneurs have a growth agenda, how this is achieved and the challenges encountered in achieving firm growth. Design/methodology/approach...

... to do impact assessment, and there are no specific standards relating to triple bottom line. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Social action Entrepreneurs Modelling While the activities of social enterprises (SEs) are incredibly diverse and their scale of operations varies...

.../methodology/approach This paper draws on sobering case evidence from Bristol relating to the experience of social entrepreneurs, employees and volunteers. Findings The critical question raised by this study is whether the role of the social economy should be that of returning the socially disadvantaged...

....'s (2007) work focused on gathering the opinions of the public sector whereas this paper also represents the voices of social entrepreneurs, as engaged in discussion with each other and public sector staff. The duality of public sector conceptualisation of social enterprise – as worthwhile...

... enterprise as an economic entity provides little conceptual purchase. Defined as an individual, we are confronted with diverse, but eulogistic, accounts of who social entrepreneurs are and what they do. We see the usual range of entrepreneurial traits mentioned, sometimes with leadership, but all couched...

...John L. Thompson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss social enterprises, social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs. The paper draws on published work to flag key issues and discussion points that affect the clarity of the understanding. It aims to provide some greater insight...