A Case Of Social Entrepreneurship: Tackling Homelessness

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship integrates the resourcefulness of traditional entrepreneurship with the compelling drive to mitigate social ills. The focus of this study is on one social entrepreneurial organization that has changed the lives of the poor and homeless in a large urban area. The case study describes the dilemma the organization faces in deciding whether to enter into a joint venture with another non-profit social service entity. The joint venture would increase the number of at-risk people it could serve but threatens to change the unique nature of its operation and could compromise the organization’s brand.

Social Work Practice with Beggars and Vagrants in Romania. Lessons from the Past for a Better Future

“…In Tesdale paper describing models of social enterprises we find examples such as: the establishment of recycling centers for objects that other people no longer want and the resale of these objects in these centers with homeless people working [55], or the establishment of sales-type businesses newspapers in the street by homeless people [56] or the employment of homeless people in the maintenance activities of some buildings [54]. At the same time, there are also social models that involve both professional training, life skills development and mediation on the labor market [57][58][59].…”

A influência dos familiares empresários no potencial empreendedor dos estudantes

“…De acordo com Rae e Woodier-Harris (2013), é sobretudo após o ano de 2008 que o empreendedorismo parece ter um papel preponderante e um efeito positivo na economia global, derivada, em grande parte, da capacidade de sobrevivência que a operacionalização do conceito incutia e impulsionava (e.g., identificação de oportunidades de negócio e de resolução de problemas). Por conseguinte, parece ser notória a ligação entre empreendedorismo e promoção do crescimento económico, mesmo em tempos difíceis (Ahmad, Ramayah, Wilson, & Kummerow, 2010;Bhagavatula, Elfring, van Tilburg, & van de Bunt, 2010;Butler, Doktor, & Lins, 2010;Carroll, Burke, & Carroll, 2010;Meydani, 2010;Ramayah, Ahmad, & Fei, 2012;Vance et al, 2012). O empreendedorismo desempenha ainda um papel central na liderança, principalmente em períodos de recessão (Bhasin & Venkataramany, 2010;Terjesen & Amorós, 2010), e ao nível da sociedade detém um papel fundamental, nomeadamente, na emergência de novas soluções, resolução de problemas e transformação de dificuldades em oportunidades.…”