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青年研究學報
Journal of Youth Studies

二 ○ ○ 八 年 一 月 
第 十 一 卷 . 第 一 期 

總 第 二 十 一 號 

January 2008 
Volume 11, Issue No. 1

Serial No. 21

 

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Abstracts

 

  • 專 題 :社 會 企 業 帶 來 甚 麼 轉 變?

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Rediscovering Social Enterprises

YUEN Yiu Kai Terence
Lecturer, Division of Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong

This paper attempts to shed new light on our understanding of social enterprise through a nonmainstream perspective. The article first explains why the current debate on social enterprise lacks imagination, and suggests the use of the concept of social entrepreneurship as a reference to investigate social enterprises. The article then offers a definition of social entrepreneurship, and argues that the development of social enterprises is but one possible outcome of social innovation. The practice of social entrepreneurship in social enterprises is examined by analysing two local cases. The article concludes by pointing out some pending issues associated with the promotion of social enterprises in Hong Kong.

Keywords: social enterprise; social entrepreneurship; social innovation; organisational theory; Hong Kong

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Everyone a Changemaker: Starting with Youth

K. K. TSE
Founder and Managing Director, K. K. Tse and Associates

A changemaker is an individual who has the passion and ability to effect positive change in society. The term and its practice have been widely popularised in recent years by the group “Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.” Ashoka came to recognise the importance of changemakers through its extensive and intensive work promoting social entrepreneurship worldwide. They found that all social entrepreneurs are actually catalyst changemakers, inspiring a large number of ordinary people to become changemakers too. What is more, most social entrepreneurs possess the mindset of a changemaker from very early in their life. Ashoka concluded that social entrepreneurship’s ultimate goal is a world in which everyone has the freedom, skills, and societal support to effect positive change. The key to achieving this is encouraging and empowering young people to become changemakers. This entails a society-wide redefinition of youth years as a time of leadership and positive social initiative, thus significantly increasing the number of changemakers in the world.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship, changemaker, youth development, youth empowerment, global youth movement

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How Can Social Enterprise Be Nurtured through Policies?

Christine FANG
Chief Executive, Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Social enterprise has become a top priority initiative of the HKSAR government to address the problem of poverty. This paper reveals the difficulties encountered by social enterprises in achieving the “double bottom line”- financial and social objectives. It suggests that the government should assist social enterprise through various policies such as public procurement, funding support, and rental concessions.

Keywords: social enterprise; poverty alleviation; double bottom line; policy on social enterprise

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