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Summary. One of the classical definitions of social entrepreneurship and the social entrepreneur is provided by Dees (1998), who says that social entrepreneurs play the role of change agents in the social sector by: adopting a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private value) recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new ...
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Jan 8, 2014 · Dees passed away on Dec. 20 at age 63. Below are excerpts from his seminal article written while teaching at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. The idea of “social entrepreneurship ...
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J. Gregory Dees. Original Draft: October 31, 1998 Reformatted and revised: May 30, 2001. The idea of social entrepreneurship has struck a responsive chord. It is a phrase well suited to our times. It combines the passion of a social mission with an image of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination commonly associated with, for ...
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J. G. Dees argues that social entrepreneurship is the result and the creation of an especially creative and innovative leader. Social entrepreneurs can include a range of career types and professional backgrounds, ranging from social work and community development to entrepreneurship and environmental science. For this reason, it is difficult ...
Nov 1, 2022 · By this time, an emergent body of research has begun to conceptualize the social value produced by social entrepreneurs. Dees (2012) sees social entrepreneurship as combining philanthropy with problem-solving. He argues that the social (i.e., nonprofit) sector needs to move away from “well-meaning” charitable efforts and toward intelligent ...
we provide a sample of definitions of social entrepreneurship in Table 1.1. The wide variety of existing definitions can be roughly categorized as broad and narrow. A narrow definition of social entrepreneurship refers mainly to earned-income strategies for nonprofit organizations,1 or what Dees and
20 December 2013 (aged 63) Durham. Alma mater. University of Cincinnati ( BA) Yale (Masters) Johns Hopkins University ( PhD) Gregory Dees (James Gregory Dees), referred to as the father of social entrepreneurship education, was an American scientist, professor, founder and director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship Development (CASE) of ...
