Altruism and Entrepreneurship: Partners in Social Entrepreneurship

• Main Authors: TAN, Wee Liang, WILLIAMS, John N., TAN, Teck Meng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/949
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Social entrepreneurship has recently captured the imagination of researchers and policy-makers. It promises an altruistic form of capitalism that connects enterprise with benevolence. Unfortunately there is no generally accepted definition of it, partly because there is no consensus on the definitio...