Social Entrepreneurship Management: Government Support Measures and Management Features
Relevance. The development of social entrepreneurship is an important element of socio-economic development. Being at the junction of business and charity, social entrepreneurship creates the basis for mitigating social problems in society. In this regard, the creation of favorable conditions for the development of social entrepreneurship, the improvement of the legislative framework in this area is one of the priority tasks. In this regard, the study of the specifics of managing the sphere of social entrepreneurship in general, as well as measures of state support and management features in particular, is an urgent area. The purpose. The aim of the study is to diagnose the conditions for the formation and development of social entrepreneurship in Russia, to analyze a set of measures of state support for socially oriented companies. Objectives. The construction of a support system for social entrepreneurship is built on the basis of a sustainable system for supporting business development, in this regard, one of the objectives of the study is to study the characteristics of doing business, conducting a comparative analysis of countries according to the conditions of doing business. The second objective of the study is to study the legislative framework for conducting social business, to study the regulatory framework for regulating this area of activity. Since social entrepreneurship is directly related not only to business, but also to volunteering, the article analyzed quantitative indicators of socially oriented non-profit organizations. Methodology. The study used general scientific methods: comparative analysis methods, statistical methods. Results. Based on the study, the following main results were obtained: the features of doing business were investigated; a comparative analysis of countries according to business conditions; studied the legislative basis of conducting social business, modern measures of state support, disclosed features of management. Conclusion. According to the terms of business development and entrepreneurial activity, Russia is not among the leading countries. Despite this, social entrepreneurship is developing at a fairly good pace: support institutions have been created, development programs are being implemented, and incentive tools are working. The number of created socially-oriented non-profit organizations is also increasing, creating the basis for the development of social business.