‘Profit Is Not a Dirty Word’: Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development

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“…Unfortunately, whether and how EP plays a role in predicting SEI remains unknown. This gap is further exacerbated by the debate in SE between those who espouse the 'profit is not a dirty thing' (Alonso et al, 2020;Boluk & Mottiar, 2014) and those who adhere to the 'primacy of social purpose' (Cho, 2006;Parkinson & Howorth, 2008;Howorth et al, 2012) premises. This echoes the tension between pecuniary 2 and nonpecuniary interests (Van de Ven et al, 2007) as well as competing identities, value systems and norms (Battilana & Dorado, 2010;Tracey et al, 2011) as the underlying drivers of SEI yet also normative issues in SE.…”