Key Challenges and Their Strategic Solutions: A Qualitative Enquiry of Social Enterprises Working in Pakistan ()
ABSTRACT
Social entrepreneurship is a vast growing economic phenomenon that is being
studied in academic research. Social entrepreneurship explores new boundaries
for policy makers to transform the economic growth and development of a nation.
It represents the future the of service sector by applying innovation and
providing potential opportunities for new job creation. According to the study
from a developing country like Pakistan, the research concludes key challenges
faced by social enterprises that represent a broader picture of the phenomenon.
According to the need of better understand the operations of social
enterprises, this research also provides six key solutions that, if
implemented, will help to achieve welfare and economic growth of the country.
Based on the data collected from 24 semi-structured interviews of 12 different social
enterprises operating in Pakistan, this research provides useful insights to
laying the foundation for further development of a theory of social entrepreneurship.
The key challenges identified and the solutions provided will help to develop a
rich understanding of the multi-disciplinary phenomenon. By combining key
concepts through comparing and contrasting the existing scenarios and then
providing their effective solutions will help such social organizations to
effectively achieve their missions by creating a social value in the society.
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Mahmood, M. , Javed, S. , Ashraf, Z. and Gulzar, I. (2022) Key Challenges and Their Strategic Solutions: A Qualitative Enquiry of Social Enterprises Working in Pakistan.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
10, 195-212. doi:
10.4236/jss.2022.1012013.
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