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Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper

This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between social entrepreneurship and organizational effectiveness. It also explains various theories of change that social entrepreneurs have pursued in overcoming urban poverty in the country. The study will utilize qualitat...

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Main Authors: Fakhrul Anwar, Zainol, Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud, Zulhamri, Abdullah
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Published: 2014
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spelling my-unisza-ir.42932022-01-02T08:45:03Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4293/ Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper Fakhrul Anwar, Zainol Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud Zulhamri, Abdullah HB Economic Theory This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between social entrepreneurship and organizational effectiveness. It also explains various theories of change that social entrepreneurs have pursued in overcoming urban poverty in the country. The study will utilize qualitative methods to collect primary data from social entrepreneurship organization in the main cities in Malaysia. The data from the interview will be evaluated to determine how organizational effectiveness can help social entrepreneurship to overcome urban poverty. Although no single social entrepreneurial venture had put a huge dent in poverty, there certainly have been many initiatives that have notable stories to tell about how they have helps poor people. Many researches are now needed to document which "social" returns on investments and to determine the strategies that lead to the best returns. The findings could benefit not only individual social entrepreneurs but also public, policy maker and firms by clarifying how much social entrepreneurship could be relied upon to help alleviate poverty compared to government and business initiatives. Therefore the findings of this research are expected to provide the view of how social entrepreneurship can give impact to urban poverty in the selected area through organizational effectiveness. 2014-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4293/1/FH02-FPPP-14-01278.pdf image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4293/2/FH02-FPPP-14-01335.jpg Fakhrul Anwar, Zainol and Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud and Zulhamri, Abdullah (2014) Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper. International Business Research, 7 (7). pp. 183-188. ISSN 1913-9012
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Fakhrul Anwar, Zainol
Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud
Zulhamri, Abdullah
Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
description This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between social entrepreneurship and organizational effectiveness. It also explains various theories of change that social entrepreneurs have pursued in overcoming urban poverty in the country. The study will utilize qualitative methods to collect primary data from social entrepreneurship organization in the main cities in Malaysia. The data from the interview will be evaluated to determine how organizational effectiveness can help social entrepreneurship to overcome urban poverty. Although no single social entrepreneurial venture had put a huge dent in poverty, there certainly have been many initiatives that have notable stories to tell about how they have helps poor people. Many researches are now needed to document which "social" returns on investments and to determine the strategies that lead to the best returns. The findings could benefit not only individual social entrepreneurs but also public, policy maker and firms by clarifying how much social entrepreneurship could be relied upon to help alleviate poverty compared to government and business initiatives. Therefore the findings of this research are expected to provide the view of how social entrepreneurship can give impact to urban poverty in the selected area through organizational effectiveness.
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author Fakhrul Anwar, Zainol
Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud
Zulhamri, Abdullah
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Wan Norhayate, Wan Daud
Zulhamri, Abdullah
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title Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
title_short Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
title_full Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
title_fullStr Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
title_full_unstemmed Overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: A conceptual paper
title_sort overcoming poverty through social entrepreneurship: a conceptual paper
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