The Social Entrepreneurship Model as Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

Abstract

In Indonesia, there are many social challenges that still need to be solved, namely poverty, lack of public access to health care and education. Globally, social entrepreneurship has the potential to provide several social solutions, namely by applying an entrepreneurial approach and the power of social innovation to face existing social challenges. Social entrepreneurs or better known as sociopreneurs are considered to have an important role in encouraging poverty alleviation and contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). This is because the approach used by social entrepreneurs is considered practical, innovative and sustainable in carrying out social strengthening by targeting marginalized and poor community groups. Social entrepreneurship is a new term in Indonesia, it is a concept that combines social empowerment and entrepreneurship. This concept can be an alternative solution to social problems such as unemployment, economics, education, gender, health and the environment. Sociopreneurship focuses on social missions and social goals which in its implementation require innovative activities that create social value in it. This paper tries to provide a literature review of the concept of social entrepreneurship, such as historical background, characteristics, and effective business models for social entrepreneurship, social innovation and sustainable development.