Contemporary practices of social entrepreneurship: experience of Belarus

  • Alena E. Kuchko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Irina V. Levitckaya State Institute of Management and Technologies, Belarusian State University, 7 Abojnaja Street, Minsk 220004, Belarus
  • Nataliya P. Veremeeva State Institute of Management and Technologies, Belarusian State University, 7 Abojnaja Street, Minsk 220004, Belarus

Abstract

The article is based on the results of a sociological research into the peculiarities of social entrepreneurship in Belarus; specificity of its development is revealed; the role and importance of the establishment of the institution of social entrepreneurship is shown; indicators of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise are revealed; the problem of motivation to carry out activities in the field of social entrepreneurship is discussed; methods of creating social enterprises are represented, the main characteristics of existing social enterprises are revealed, as well as the personal characteristics of social entrepreneurs.

Author Biographies

Alena E. Kuchko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (sociology), full professor; professor at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social science

Irina V. Levitckaya, State Institute of Management and Technologies, Belarusian State University, 7 Abojnaja Street, Minsk 220004, Belarus

PhD (sociology), docent; head of the scientific-research laboratory

Nataliya P. Veremeeva, State Institute of Management and Technologies, Belarusian State University, 7 Abojnaja Street, Minsk 220004, Belarus

researcher at the scientific-research laboratory

References

  1. Zvereva N. [Creating a successful social enterprise]. Moscow, 2015 (in Russ.).
Published
2019-03-11
Keywords: social entrepreneurship, social partnership, social initiative, social policy
Supporting Agencies This article is written on the basis of materials, that were got during research work on a theme the «Social enterprise as a form of innovative activity is in Belarus and Lithuania» executed at sponsorship of Belarusian Republican Fund of Fundamental Researches in a period with 13.03.2015 for 31.12.2016.
How to Cite
Kuchko, A. E., Levitckaya, I. V., & Veremeeva, N. P. (2019). Contemporary practices of social entrepreneurship: experience of Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 3, 102-110. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/1649
Issue
No 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
Section
From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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