Emprendimiento social y su aporte a la economía: percepción de emprendedores sociales ecuatorianos

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship is born with the purpose of contributing to the solution of social problems, which is why the social entrepreneur must be innovative, strategic and have the ability to identify opportunities to create social value and contribute to the development of the economy from different approaches. Therefore, in order to identify the perception of Ecuadorian social entrepreneurs about the contributions of social entrepreneurship to the economy in social, economic and environmental areas, an exploratory study with a descriptive approach was conducted, applying in-depth interviews with Ecuadorian social entrepreneurs. The results reveal that social entrepreneurs perceive that they contribute positively to the economy, since through social entrepreneurship, mostly environmentally responsible, they are able to generate employment without discriminating the gender of the person and in turn generate an increase in income, promoting local trade and fair trade. It is concluded that the perceived social, environmental and economic contributions have a direct relationship with the development of the economy; moreover, these three approaches are essential for social entrepreneurship to have a sustainable development.