Title: The role of higher education in enhancing social entrepreneurship

Authors: Christos Apostolakis

Addresses: Executive Business Centre (5th floor), Bournemouth University, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth BH8 8EB, UK

Abstract: Social entrepreneurship and Higher Education (HE) seem to form closer relationships. This paper concerns with the role of HE in enhancing social entrepreneurship, as it is implemented in the context of Dorset, UK, and Avalon, Canada. By utilising the theoretical dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation, the paper develops a framework of interpretation for its empirical context. In summarising its findings, it argues that the role HE can play for social entrepreneurship in both cases is highly regarded however there are a number of hurdles that will need to be overcome.

Keywords: higher education; entrepreneurial orientation; social entrepreneurship; Bournemouth University; UK; United Kingdom; Memorial University of Newfoundland; Canada; universities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2011.043739

International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2011 Vol.1 No.2, pp.124 - 137

Published online: 19 Nov 2011 *

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