International Conference on Eurasian Economies
29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1514
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Microeconomics and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Sabahat Bayrak Kök
Session : 1B Girişimcilik
Construction of Social Value in Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship
Girişimcilikte Sosyal Değer İnşası: Sosyal Girişimcilik
- Prof. Dr. Sabahat Bayrak Kök (Pamukkale University, Türkiye)
- Esvet Mert (Pamukkale University, Türkiye)
Abstract
We believe that income divide among countries due to globalization, growing poorness and increasing unemployment aroused a necessity for social values to create on economical base. In this context arising economical and social issues bring some new responsibilities upon international institutions, governments, NGO’s, and firms. Social entrepreneurship concept is among these responsibilities. This concept is particularly important for firms that are placed in intersection of private and third sector and other institutions adopting market-based methods. Social entrepreneurism that focusing on social missions affect all the decisions how to capture and evaluate opportunities in all the dimensions of life. Social entrepreneurs who are motivated by social bearings rather than solely making profits are present in social and cultural aspects of life in addition to presence in the market. In this study social entrepreneurism producing more economic and social value than its traditional counterpart is about to be examined in Turkish context with two awarded cases. First is SineMASAL (Cine-Tale) social entrepreneurship that aims to embrace all the rural kids with artistic fields including the cinema. This entrepreneurship particularly aims to provide country kids who have limited access to social and economical life with some opportunities that would help them to have a better future, at least to support them having a positive attitude towards potentialities. Another one is the e-Hastam (My e-Patient) entrepreneurship that matches physicians and patients on virtual platform where everybody could benefit from actual health information and activities.
JEL codes: L26
Bayrak Kök, Sabahat, Mert, Esvet (2016). "Construction of Social Value in Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.160-169, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01514
