Comparative study of business models of social and commercial entrepreneurs with special reference to social and financial impact assessment

Abstract

The role of entrepreneurs in solving many of the world problems is widely recognized by newlineresearchers While commercial entrepreneurs establish enterprises with a primary motive of generating financial impact a new breed of social entrepreneurs set up social ventures to solve the problems of marginalized customers around the world with a primary motive of creating social Value Though there is a heightened interest among researchers to understand the phenomena of newlinesocial entrepreneurship there are very few empirical studies enlightening what and how social entrepreneurs create value compared to their mainstream counterparts newline