Social entrepreneurship: Organisational change to increase social impacts

社会企业家精神可以被视为一种商业模式，它优先考虑解决社会和环境问题，而不是实现财务利润最大化。这种模式可能出现在各种组织环境中，包括致力于这种模式的组织，即社会企业；在传统商业中，包含了慈善领域的元素；在传统的慈善机构中包含了商业领域的元素。大多数社会企业规模较小，资源有限，而传统企业和慈善机构可能相对较大，资源丰富，但它们参与社会创业往往受到与现行制度逻辑相关的力量的抵制。在我的博士研究中，我感兴趣的是这三种组织如何改变，以克服资源限制或阻力，从而增加他们创造社会价值的程度。

Social entrepreneurship can be seen as a mode of business that prioritises the solution of social and environmental problems over the maximisation of financial profits. This mode may occur in various organisational settings, including in organisations that are dedicated to it, known as social enterprises; in conventional businesses that embrace elements of the field of charity; and in conventional charities that embrace elements of the field of business. The majority of social enterprises are small and have limited resources, and while conventional businesses and charities may be relatively large and resource-rich, their engagement in social entrepreneurship is often resisted by forces associated with prevailing institutional logics. In my PhD research, I am interested in how the three kinds of organisation change in order to overcome the resource limitations or resistive forces and thereby increase the extents to which they create social value.