Abstract
Entrepreneurship is a concept from the seventeenth century. Although the concept of not being exclusively related to an economic sphere, its study and operationalization led it to consider it as an essential part of the capitalist system, especially in the framework of neoliberalism. Over time, there have been different meanings to entrepreneurship, among which social entrepreneurship has stood out in recent decades. The concept emerged in the eighties and had become more relevant. This concept breaks with the dichotomous model where the generation of wealth or economic value of a company contrasted with the generation of social value. This capacity has been promoted from the public, private, and social sphere, considering social entrepreneurship as an alternative solution to the main problems facing the world. This chapter explores the nature of the concept of entrepreneurship, its characteristics, and the particularities of this type of entrepreneurship.
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Portales, L. (2019). Basics, Characteristics, and Differences of Social Entrepreneurship. In: Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13456-3_4
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