Value creation

Public relations

Social entrepreneurship

Social change

Social philosophy

Economics

Computer science

Social relation

Entrepreneurship

Political science

Value (mathematics)

Sociology

Economic growth

Finance

Knowledge management

Machine learning

Social science

International Journal of Management Reviews

Social entrepreneurship has emerged as an important means of addressing grand challenges. Although research on the topic has accelerated, scholars have yet to articulate an overarching framework that links the different pathways taken by social entrepreneurs with the positive effects of these efforts. To address this shortcoming, we conducted a systematic literature review which enabled us to conceptually differentiate between social value and social change as distinct outcomes of social entrepreneurship and identify seven pathways for achieving these outcomes. Building on our analysis, we outline a research agenda for questions pertaining to: the dynamics between social value and social change; how contextual factors and social entrepreneurs influence various pathways; design principles of business models and innovations that facilitate social value and social change; and defining, measuring, and ensuring accountability for social value and social change.

Pathways to social value and social change: An integrative review of the social entrepreneurship literature