Development of Social Entrepreneurship; Problems, Effective Factors, and Solutions

Today, development of social entrepreneurship has been regarded as a social and altruistic mission and as a solution to some social problems and damages. Entrepreneurship has exerted positive and direct impact on the activities of many different countries. On one hand, it leads to economic development and creation of vocational opportunities; and on the other hand, it causes to improve social and cultural situation of the society. The present paper is resulted from a research conducted in one of the urban areas of Tehran with the goal of investigating social entrepreneurship situation based on a mixed methodology research approach. Questionnaire and interview with a group of experts and specialists have been utilized in order to access data and information. With regard to the fact that many social problems and damages root in unemployment of the individuals in the society, paying attention to social entrepreneurship can influence social damages to a large extent and can reduce them. Thus, this paper aims to review the issue of social damages and social entrepreneurship as well and then to present solutions for facilitating social entrepreneurship.