World research schools of social entrepreneurship

About the authors:

Evgeny V. Popov, Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Head of the Economic Theory Center, Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg); Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; epopov@mail.ru

Anna Yu. Veretennikova, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Researcher, Economic Theory Center Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg); Associate Professor, Department of Regional and Municipal Economy, Innovative Entrepreneurship and Security, Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg); vay_uiec@mail.ru

Kseniya M. Kozinskaya, Master Student, Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg); Junior Researcher, Economic Theory Center Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg); ksush1@yandex.ru

Abstract:

This study compares world research schools of social entrepreneurship. To achieve this goal, the authors analyzed papers presented in the Scopus and WoS databases; they also reviewed reports of international and Russian organizations engaged in social entrepreneurship, comparing foreign experience and the practice of social entrepreneurship development in the Russian economy.

In the course of the study, the authors used a systematization method, which allowed identifying the main schools and centers for the study of social entrepreneurship, their features, and characteristics.

This paper describes two main traditions of social entrepreneurship research: American and European. The differences in these approaches are associated with the peculiarities of historical development and, as a result, the prevailing institutional environment in European countries and the USA. Within the framework of this tradition, four research schools were identified. Their comparative analysis was carried out according to the following criteria: the object of study, the legal form of social entrepreneurship objects, their innovativeness, the receipt and distribution of profits, and the form of management.

The results show the social entrepreneurship development in Russia within the framework of the Foundation “Our Future”, specializing in supporting social entrepreneurship, Russian legislation, and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovations of the Higher School of Economics. This analysis demonstrates the significant influence of the American approach to the definition of the essence of social entrepreneurship in Russian practice. At the same time, the outlook for the development of this type of activity was noted with active state support, which corresponds to the European tradition.

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