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Introduction
Socialenterprisesareorganisationsdrivenbysocialgoals.Theycreate
sustainablesocialvalueaddedwhilegeneratingtheirownincome.Theyhave
beenaroundformanyyears,butinthelasttwodecadeshaveattractedincreasing
attentionfornumerousreasons.Somebelievesocialenterpriseshavethepower
totransformnotonlyindividualhumanlives,butlivesofwholecommunities,
bigandsmall.Inimplementingcreativesolutions,theybreaksocialpatternsfor
underprivilegedsocialgroupsandintroducesystemicsolutions.Thisisalegitimate
reasontostudysocialenterprises.AnotheristounderstandtheDNAofthisnew
“species”inoureconomicecosystem.Socialenterprisesaredifferentthanany
otherorganisations–theyareinfacthybridsthatoperatontheassumptionthat
businesstoolscoupledwithsocialcapitalappliedtoasocialproblemcanmakethe
worldabetterplace(Doherty,Haugh&Lyon2014).
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Socialenterprisesprovethatitispossibletogenerateprofitorevenbe
successfulinbusinesswhilepursuingboldsocialgoals.Havingaclearand
powerfulsocialmissioncanevendetermineone’scompetitiveedgeandbusiness
performance(Żur2014a).Blendingsocialandcommerciallogicsandcreating
seeminglyimpossiblesynergiesisthemagicpowerofsocialenterprises.These
dynamicsunderpinafieldofintensivescholarlyexplorations(Mair&Marti2006,
Pache&Santos2010).
Astheyhavegarneredincreasingmediaandacademicattention,social
enterprisesthemselvesareformingnetworksofcollaboration,sharingand
learning.Therearecentres,workshops,training,competitionsandscholarships
awardedinthefieldofsocialenterprises.Universitiesarestudyingandteaching
