Abstract:

From a global perspective, the entrepreneurs' obligatory sense for social responsibility and ecological protection is weak, the development of social entrepreneurship is slower than that of commercial one, and how to develop social entrepreneurship remains a challenging issue for every nation. Social entrepreneurship goes positively with economic development. In particular, more of its participants are in developed countries than in developing ones, more are male, more are younger than those in commercial entrepreneurship, and more are educated than those in other entrepreneurship fields. Social entrepreneurship is mainly related to aspects including education, healthcare, culture, economic development, environmental protection and so on. Among the worldwide businesses devoted to social entrepreneurship, the number of enterprises operating for social responsibility is more than that of those for commercial profits or economic benefits. By statistically analyzing the abovementioned findings, suggestions are presented as references for the development of China's social entrepreneurship.