Socijalno preduzetništvo : modeli, komparativna praksa i pravni okvir socijalnog preduzetništva u Srbiji
Social entrepreneurship: models, comparative practice and legal framework of social entrepreneurship in Serbia

Author(s): Boyan Velev, Dragan Golubović, Miroslava Jelačić, Nikola Tomašević, Slobodan P. Cvejić, Gordan Velev
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Sociology, Economic policy, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Grupa 484
Keywords: Social entrepreneurship; social innovation; social value; welfare state
Summary/Abstract: Social entrepreneurship greatly encourages the recognition and solving of social problems. In the conditions of dynamic modern societies, social entrepreneurship appears as a significant driver of social innovation and transformation of various social fields (health, environment, education, social protection, development of entrepreneurship). Social entrepreneurship thereby seizes and uses opportunities that others miss to improve systems, devise and disseminate new approaches and advanced sustainable solutions for creating social value. One of the basic characteristics of the social values ​​created in this way is the social and professional integration of workers in a disadvantageous position as well as other vulnerable groups. In literature and practice, the term "social entrepreneurship" is not entirely new. It appeared at the end of the eighties in Italy, but also in other European countries. Its purpose was to mark the wide variety of production-service business organizations whose establishment, in the years of growing crisis of the theory and practice of the "welfare state", was not based solely on profit, but primarily on social motivation. At the same time, social entrepreneurship is part of the wider context of "social economy (SE)". The social economy is a part of the economic reality in which the issues of social inclusion, well-being, social care and social capital are intertwined with an emphasis on a development perspective (Anheier, 2005; Defourny and Develtere, 1999; Nicholls, 2006). This implies the implementation of the principle of social responsibility, combining economic sustainability and social inclusion of vulnerable groups of citizens.

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