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Received: 2024-12-15  |  Accepted: 2025-04-05  |  Published: 2025-06-30

Title

Social entrepreneurship: Lithuanian case study


Abstract

Social entrepreneurship is a process in which, using business principles, a company is organized and managed in such a way as to achieve social change in society. Whereas a business measures its success solely by the amount of profit, a social business also measures the results of its positive activities in society. The article aims to examine the theoretical aspects of social entrepreneurship and present an analysis of cases of social entrepreneurship in Lithuania. The article analyses the concept of social entrepreneurship, investigates cases of social entrepreneurship in Lithuania, and presents interviews with experts about social entrepreneurship. The aim of the study was to find out the prospects of social entrepreneurship in Lithuania. The study showed that social businesses mainly operate in education, integration into the labour market, and support for children/adults/families. Considering the development trends of the social economy, the development of social business in Lithuania should also take place by encouraging traditional private companies to get involved in solving social problems. Social business focuses primarily on a social mission, while socially responsible business focuses on profit, but with social and environmental impact in mind a socially responsible business deals with the solution of social problems as a short-term one-time/periodic initiative, the solution of social problems is not the goal of the activity.


Keywords

social entrepreneurship, social impact, social problems, social mission, social business model


JEL classifications

D71 , E39


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1304


DOI


Pages

129-142


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Mečėjienė, Gitana
Vilniaus kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.viko.lt
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Naujalienė, Jolita
Vilniaus kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.viko.lt
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

12


Number

4


Issue date

June 2025


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

Google Scholar

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