Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2002
Abstract
Social entrepreneurship is a new phenomenon in Singapore. Unlike the US, where there are entrepreneurship programs offered at various ACCSB accredited universities such programs do not as yet exist in Asia. The motivations for social entrepreneurship in Asia differ from those in developed countries. While as social entrepreneurship often stem from the social agenda of successful entrepreneurs who are motivated to repay society, the recent trend of social entrepreneurship in Asia may stem from initiatives directed at political liberalisation and the development of civil society on the part of existing governments. The Singapore government in 1997 introduced a series of initiatives to promote active citizenry and involvement in community development, thereby encouraging greater opportunity for social entrepreneurship.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Rencontres de St-Gall 2002: Radical change in the world: Will SMEs soar or crash? Hergiswil, Switzerland
Editor
U. Füglistaller; H. J. Pleitner T. Volery; W. Weber
First Page
133
Last Page
142
Publisher
University of St.Gallen
City or Country
St.Gallen
Citation
Tan, Wee Liang and TAN, Teck Meng.
Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore. (2002). Rencontres de St-Gall 2002: Radical change in the world: Will SMEs soar or crash? Hergiswil, Switzerland. 133-142.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/238
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