Social Entrepreneurship and the Common Good

Bob Doherty; Helen  Haugh

doi:10.1108/S0733-558X20220000082005

Social Entrepreneurship and the Common Good

Bob Doherty, Helen Haugh

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Abstract

The common good refers to contextual conditions that contribute to human wellbeing and flourishing, such as prosperous communities and environmental sustainability. In this paper, we consider how entrepreneurship impacts society by investigating the generalized outcomes of social entrepreneurship on the common good. From a qualitative study of ten large and profitable social enterprises in the United Kingdom, we theorize how social entrepreneurship contributes to the common good in the short and long term. We also conjecture how some commercial practices undermine the common good and further, explain how the common good performs as a conceptual anchor for social entrepreneurship.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-114
Number of pages	25
Journal	Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Volume	82
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20220000082005
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2022

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