СУТНІСТЬ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ПІДПРИЄМНИЦТВА

Анотація

In this article, social entrepreneurship is considered by the author as a type of social innovation, which is based on active activities aimed at solving social problems. As there are currently many enterprises in Ukraine involved in the provision of services in Ukraine, they are manufactured creating goods, creating jobs, conducting trainings - all this is to improve and achieve certain results. Social entrepreneurship is an entrepreneurial activity aimed at innovative and radical changes in society. Social entrepreneurship is a major and important response from the third sector to certain social problems such as poverty, unemployment, people with special needs, and the protection of human rights. Accordingly, the main task of social entrepreneurship is to find opportunities to overcome problems and generally help the society. An innovative approach plays an important role in the study of social entrepreneurship, because it is precisely this that makes it possible for a person to solve serious problems in a society, therefore, the use of innovations is an important tool for the development of society. Also in the article deals with the main theoretical approaches of domestic and foreign researchers regarding the features of the definition of the concept of social entrepreneurship, which are based on the solution of existing social problems. Are analyzed the relevant signs and values of social entrepreneurship as an effective mechanism for solving social problems, its features are characterized. The main criteria determining the essence of social entrepreneurship are considered. The author defines the notion of social entrepreneurship and describes the most important components of it, in particular, the types (charity, commercial, hybrid) and characteristics – income investment for social purposes, transparent activity, public accountability, responsibility, financial autonomy, introduction of innovations and joint collective management.