Overcoming Poverty through Social Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Paper
This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between social entrepreneurship and organizational effectiveness. It also explains various theories of change that social entrepreneurs have pursued in overcoming urban poverty in the country. The study will utilize qual...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English English |
Published: |
2014
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4879/1/FH02-FPPP-14-01278.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4879/2/FH02-FPPP-14-01335.jpg http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4879/ |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin |
Language: | English English |
Summary: | This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between social entrepreneurship
and organizational effectiveness. It also explains various theories of change that social entrepreneurs have
pursued in overcoming urban poverty in the country. The study will utilize qualitative methods to collect primary
data from social entrepreneurship organization in the main cities in Malaysia. The data from the interview will be
evaluated to determine how organizational effectiveness can help social entrepreneurship to overcome urban
poverty. Although no single social entrepreneurial venture had put a huge dent in poverty, there certainly have
been many initiatives that have notable stories to tell about how they have helps poor people. Many researches
are now needed to document which “social” returns on investments and to determine the strategies that lead to
the best returns. The findings could benefit not only individual social entrepreneurs but also public, policy maker
and firms by clarifying how much social entrepreneurship could be relied upon to help alleviate poverty
compared to government and business initiatives. Therefore the findings of this research are expected to provide
the view of how social entrepreneurship can give impact to urban poverty in the selected area through
organizational effectiveness. |
---|