Social entrepreneurship: The case for definition

This article defines social entrepreneurship through three core components: identifying entrenched social injustice, innovating a value-based response, and scaling a new equitable equilibrium. Using Muhammad Yunus’s Grameen Bank as a key case study, the authors emphasize the primacy of mission over profit. They argue for clear field boundaries to maintain credibility and effectively guide resource allocation, asserting that true social entrepreneurship creates transformative, systemic change rather than merely providing social benefits.