The Five Stages of Social Entrepreneurship. What is a broadly applicable framework?

Scientific Study from the year 2020 in the subject Social Studies (General), , language: English, abstract: What is a broadly applicable framework of the stages of social entrepreneurship (SE)? Practitioners and scholars have continued to discuss definitions, approaches, and perspectives about SE. The aim of this article is to reframe the current discussions by suggesting a framework of the five stages of SE. We use empirical studies on SE across the United States, Bangladesh, Japan, Cambodia, and India to identify the effectiveness of this framework. We propose a "systemic problem" that would facilitate us to reframe and progress current discussions of SE. This article provides a more solid basis for identifying the concept and the definition of SE. It gives ample room for future researchers to utilize our work. The originality of this article is to reframe current discussions of SE by introducing the five stages of SE, including the systemic problem and Theory of Change (ToC).