Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises

Chang-Lin Yang; Leemen Lee; Yun-Chen Lee

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Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises

Chang-Lin Yang, Leemen Lee, Yun-Chen Lee

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This study classifies different types of social enterprises to clarify the problems of different types and propose methods of improvement. This study divides social enterprises into four types: benchmark driven, profit seeking, self-sufficient and mission driven, based on business operating situation. Moreover, empirical research is conducted to demonstrate the social enterprise development diagram through in-depth interviews. The respondents were mainly senior managers and social entrepreneurs. According to the interview results, the main characteristics of SEs are: 1. must content with poor public understanding of social responsibility and the concept of social enterprises; 2. Most social enterprises operate alone and lack group strength; 3. Most social enterprises are small-scale and lack competition. Ways to improve social enterprises include: 1. promote the concept of social enterprises and social entrepreneurs; 2. promote the social symbiotic system; 3. provide social enterprises with government funds and other resources.

Published in	International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijefm.20140201.13
Page(s)	16-21
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Social Enterprise, In-Depth Interview, Social Entrepreneurs

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Chang-Lin Yang, Leemen Lee, Yun-Chen Lee. Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises. Int J Econ Finance Manag Sci. 2013;2(1):16-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20140201.13

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Chang-Lin Yang

Department of Business Administration, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Leemen Lee

Department of Business Administration, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Yun-Chen Lee

Department of Business Administration, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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Chang-Lin Yang, Leemen Lee, Yun-Chen Lee. (2013). Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises. International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences, 2(1), 16-21. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijefm.20140201.13

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Chang-Lin Yang; Leemen Lee; Yun-Chen Lee. Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises. Int. J. Econ. Finance Manag. Sci. 2013, 2(1), 16-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20140201.13

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Chang-Lin Yang, Leemen Lee, Yun-Chen Lee. Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises. Int J Econ Finance Manag Sci. 2013;2(1):16-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ijefm.20140201.13

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  title = {Development of Growth Strategies for Social Enterprises},
  journal = {International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences},
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  abstract = {This study classifies different types of social enterprises to clarify the problems of different types and propose methods of improvement. This study divides social enterprises into four types: benchmark driven, profit seeking, self-sufficient and mission driven, based on business operating situation. Moreover, empirical research is conducted to demonstrate the social enterprise development diagram through in-depth interviews. The respondents were mainly senior managers and social entrepreneurs. According to the interview results, the main characteristics of SEs are: 1. must content with poor public understanding of social responsibility and the concept of social enterprises; 2. Most social enterprises operate alone and lack group strength; 3. Most social enterprises are small-scale and lack competition. Ways to improve social enterprises include: 1. promote the concept of social enterprises and social entrepreneurs; 2. promote the social symbiotic system; 3. provide social enterprises with government funds and other resources.},
 year = {2013}
}

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