Social Entrepreneurship as a Cultural Phenomenon in Smaller Organizations

Social entrepreneurship is more than a mere idea. It is a mechanism by which impactful social change can be propagated within communities. And social entrepreneurship, without a doubt, is representative of a business concept that can support, nourish, and advance the inherent potential of local communities. In short, social entrepreneurship represents an alternative business model that inherently embodies the necessary components to deliver effective social change to surrounding communities. Various examples of social entrepreneurship can be found for those who seek them as blueprints. The effectiveness of social entrepreneurship makes it an ideal mechanism by which positive social impact can be catalyzed by small and mid-sized organizations. It is true that social entrepreneurship can be implemented by larger organizations resembling corporate powerhouses, but it may very well be that the fruitful impacts of this business model are highlighted when employed by the beforementioned, smaller-sized organizations. In a way, social entrepreneurship has the potential to exhibit cultural attributes and implications. In other words, the employment of social entrepreneurship as an alternative, socially-conscious business model becomes a matter of culture, and in such case, its propagation and utilization subsequently become more widespread –in part, it no longer remains a mere business model and rather a cultural tendency of operating a business. That is precisely why the implementation of social entrepreneurship – as an organic outgrowth of a cultural phenomenon—by smaller organizations can foster effective societal change.