Conclusion

Abstract

In the last two decades, entrepreneurship studies have gone beyond economic activities. As a result, entrepreneurship has gradually been conceived to be mostly a process, which can be observed in a variety of situations, economic, social, academic, political, and so on. Institutional theorists have documented a variety of entrepreneurial activities which transform institutions (Maguire et al., 2004), and pushed by recent upheaval in a variety of countries, from Ukraine to MENA countries, the practice of social entrepreneurship emerged as a critical ingredient for social transformation. A bubbling line of research and a lot of social practice are exploring social entrepreneurship. In particular, the CIRIEC international network has focused on social innovation and revealed the importance of social entrepreneurs.