Factors affecting the social entrepreneurs in Egypt

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Abstracti

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Keywords2

Research Objectives2

Research Questions2

Layout of the study3

Chapter I: Introduction3

Chapter II: Review of Literature3

Chapter III: Methodology3

Chapter IIIV: The case3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Entrepreneurship4

Social Entrepreneurs5

Social entrepreneurs and economics7

Sustainable development7

Entrepreneurial sustainable development9

Fair Trade18

Conclusion19

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY21

Introduction21

Research Problem21

Data Collection Method22

Setting and Participants23

Limitations23

CHAPTER 4: The Case24

Background24

Educational Factor24

Career Experience26

Shifting to Social Entrepreneurship28

Technological factor : Implementing the APVC Model30

Cultural factor : Creating the Working Team33

Internal Challenges in Menya35

External Challenges36

Strong Character of Dakori38

Progress to Date39

Comparison of Ahmed EL DAkori and ITC Chopal42

Ashoka42

Role of ASHOKA43

CONCLUSION46

REFERENCES49

Literature Review

Social Entrepreneurs

They are individuals with innovative solutions to social problems that put increased pressure on society. They are ambitious and persistent focus on major social issues and offering new ideas for large-scale. A social entrepreneur often seems their ideas, committing their lives to change in the direction of their field. It is visionary and realistic, while concerned with the practical implementation of his vision at all. "A social entrepreneur is an agent of change in society: pioneer of innovations that benefit humanity." Each social entrepreneur presents ideas that are user-friendly, understandable, ethical, and motivated to support the dissemination to maximize the number of locals that take place, take your idea and implements it. In other words, each social entrepreneur is a mass recruiter "change makers" a model to help these citizens to channel their passion into action (Davidsson, 1989, p. 210).

They are both visionaries as realistic fundamental, first is concerned with the practical implementation of their vision. Social entrepreneurs are change agents for the social sector. It is their mission to face challenges, and they are determined to achieve results and maintain financial responsibility of the communities they serve. Social entrepreneurs bring systemic change by addressing not only the problem they are directly confronted, but also the cause of this problem. Moreover, social entrepreneurs are generally more effective than international NGOs to address the root causes, because they are better integrated into the societies they serve and know the specific needs of their beneficiaries (Bender, 1990, p. 38).

Social entrepreneurs and economics

One of the essential factors for success in any field of endeavor is the recognition. In the case of social entrepreneurship, that recognition translates into a clear benefit in the image and social reputation in the investor and the entrepreneur moral benefit, benefits of the venture very far too common. That is why the investment to this kind of venture investors may be delimited with a vision that goes beyond mere profitability. In the case of entrepreneurs occurs more of the same. It is sometimes very difficult to recognize in a social entrepreneurship ...