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标题：A Crossroads for Social Entrepreneurship: Profits versus Ethics
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作者：Sandrine Fuentes ; Hugo Valenzuela-Garcia
期刊名称：Open Journal of Business and Management
印刷版ISSN：2329-3284
电子版ISSN：2329-3292
出版年度：2019
卷号：07
期号：02
页码：848-860
DOI：10.4236/ojbm.2019.72058
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This paper reveals one of the most critical challenges faced by Spanish social entrepreneurship: either prioritizing ethical, social and environmental objectives or profit-seeking. Social entrepreneurship (those initiatives that pursue social and environmental objectives as well as economic ones) has become a very celebrated sector welcomed by political leaders, international corporations, large financial actors and the public opinion alike. The motto that another economy is possible is gaining momentum while an enormous number and variety of both public and private promotional programs are fostering and energizing such promising sector in practically any spot of the world. However, unlike more conventional enterprises, social entrepreneurship face some crucial challenges due to its own hybrid nature and the goal of making philanthropy ( i.e. , ensuring the social and environmental values) compatible with profit. A mixed-methods oriented research conducted in Catalonia (Spain) reveals some of these contradictions and challenges. As concluding remarks, we provide some clues to reconsider the scope of social entrepreneurship under a different political economy framework.
关键词：Social Entrepreneurship;Catalonia;Neoliberal State;Public Intervention