Response to "Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for a Definition", by Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg

Article - Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for a Definition

The author emphasizes the boundaries of social entrepreneurship in this article. He believes that socially valuable activity needs to be distinguished from social entrepreneurship. He states that an individual providing social services, or a social activist, is not a social entrepreneur. He believes that social service ventures are limited and their impact is constrained since their service area stays confined to a local population. I believe that social entrepreneurship is a very broad term, and it can apply to an organization that provides social services. A small organization providing social services locally can be entrepreneurial. I also think that a social activist, who doesn’t take direct action, instead attempts to create change through indirect actions by influencing others, can also be known as a social entrepreneur.