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Social Entrepreneurship: Managing the Creation of Social Value

1. Describe the entrepreneurial mindset and explain how it might affect the likelihood of an individual engaging in social entrepreneurship.

2. Do think that having a high need for achievement could lead to success in starting and running a social venture? Yes? No? Explain.

3. Explain how goals affect individuals' tendency to engage in social entrepreneurial activities.

4. Do agree or disagree with the following statement? If entrepreneurship is a mindset, then to some extent we are all entrepreneurs. Explain.

5. Identify the key competencies discussed in the text and explain how they could lead to the creation and effective management of a social venture.

6. Explain the role that risk propensity could play in social entrepreneurship.

7. Explain the role of passion in launching and managing a social venture.

8. Discuss the role of autonomy and independence in social venture creation.

9. Explain the role of self-efficacy in creating and running a social venture.

10. Do think that alertness plays a critical role in the discovery or creation of social entrepreneurial opportunities? Yes? No? Explain.

11. Explain how pull and push approaches contribute to social entrepreneurial motivations. Do these two approaches differ in explaining social and commercial entrepreneurial motivations?

12. Do you agree with the assumption that social entrepreneurs have a strong sense of social justice? Yes? No? Explain.

13. Do think that 'entrepreneurship by necessity' could apply to the creation of social ventures? Yes? No? Explain.

14. How do think moral engagement explains the motivation to become a social

15. Explain the role of compassion in social entrepreneurship. Do you think that social entrepreneurs are more compassionate than commercial ones? Explain.

16. Compare the models of compassion and moral engagement. Do you think they represent acceptable models of explaining the creation of social ventures? Could these models be used in explaining commercial entrepreneurship?

17. Discuss the role of moral mandates in social venture creation.

18. Identify examples of prosocial motivations that social entrepreneurs display.

19. Discuss whether moral disengagement can prevent people from becoming social entrepreneurs.

20. Do agree with the assumption that social entrepreneurship is a reaction to perceived social injustice? Should governments be held responsible for social problems plaguing their countries? Yes? No? Explain.