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СОЦИАЛНОТО ПРЕДПРИЕМАЧЕСТВО – ФОРМА НА СОЦИАЛНИ ИНОВАЦИИ И ПРАВНО РЕГУЛИРАНЕ: ЕВРОПЕЙСКИ ПРАКТИКИ И БЪЛГАРСКИ РЕАЛНОСТИ
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP - A FORM OF SOCIAL INNOVATION AND LEGAL ADJUSTMENT: EUROPEAN PRACTICES AND BULGARIAN REALITIES

Author(s): Stanka Rinkova, Irina Atanasova
Subject(s): Socio-Economic Research
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; social economy; social enterprise; development of social entrepreneurship in the EU; legal regulation of social entrepreneurship
Summary/Abstract: Social entrepreneurship has to be perceived in the context of the social economy. It is the production, supply and / or organization of consumption of goods with a socially significant effect. The thesis of the paper is that the social entrepreneurship is a business model and form of social innovation to solve social problems by applying social-innovative approaches and practices. The objectives of the paper are: to define the essence of the social entrepreneurship, its relation to the other business142models and its content as a form of social innovation as well as the the social enterprise as an organizational subject of social entrepreneurship.