SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE EVOLUTION OF CONCEPTS AND THE FORMATION OF APPROACHES
Considerable empirical material has been accumulated on the problem of social entrepreneurship. However, a common opinion has not yet been developed on the nature and boundaries of social entrepreneurship, on assessing the effectiveness of a particular model of this phenomenon. The article discusses the issues of social entrepreneurship as one of the most effective ways to solve social problems, studies the history of the development of the phenomenon, explores the essence of social entrepreneurship, analyzes the approaches of domestic and foreign scientists to the definition of “social entrepreneurship”. It is concluded that a deeper study and popularization of the institution of social entrepreneurship is necessary