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  2. Social enterprise - Wikipedia

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    A social enterprises can be structured as a business, a partnership for profit or non-profit, and may take the form (depending on in which country the entity exists and the legal forms available) of a co-operative, mutual organisation, a disregarded entity (a form of business classification for income tax purposes in the United States), [5] a social business, a benefit corporation, a community ...

  3. Social entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    Social business venture: These models are set up as businesses that are designed to create change through social means. Social business ventures evolved through a lack of funding. Social entrepreneurs in this situation were forced to become for-profit ventures, because loans and equity financing are hard to get for social businesses. [52]

  4. Social business - Wikipedia

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    Social business was defined by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and is described in his books. [1] [2] In these books, Yunus defined a social business as a business: Created and designed to address a social problem; A non-loss, non-dividend company, i.e. It is financially self-sustainable and

  5. Social venture - Wikipedia

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    The distinguishing characteristic of the social venture versus the commercial venture is the primacy of their objective to solve social problems and provide social benefits. The social venture may generate profits, but that is not its focus. Rather profits are a possible means to achieve sustainability in providing a social benefit.

  6. Corporate social entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    CSE is a multi-disciplinary scientific sub-field relating to the fields of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.It has relevance in the context of business and management, specifically in areas such as business ethics, sustainability, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, human resource management and business strategy.

  7. Low-profit limited liability company - Wikipedia

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    A low-profit limited liability company (L3C) is a legal form of business entity in the United States. [1] Commonly referred to as a hybrid structure, it has characteristics of both for-profit and non-profit entities. [1]

  8. Socially responsible business - Wikipedia

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    A socially responsible business (SRB) is a generally for-profit venture that seeks to leverage business for a more just and sustainable world.The objective of the SRBs involves more than just maximizing profits for the shareholders; it is also about creating positive changes and making valuable contributions to the stakeholders such as the local community, customers, and staff. [1]

  9. Community business - Wikipedia

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    Business savers, such as community-run pubs or fan-owned teams take an enterprise failing under private ownership and run it successfully under community ownership. These are often local monopoly enterprises. Community start-ups, e.g. community energy schemes are social enterprises in the standard model, focussed on a specific place .