Improving the development of social enterprise in Vietnam
Trang Nguyen, Thuy (2013)
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2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201401091154
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201401091154
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The concept of social enterprise has emerged centuries ago in the world, and now it has become a significant social movement across continents. The reason behind its successful growth is that social enterprise brings a more sustainable economy. Unlike the usual traditional enterprise, it does not focus on profit maximization but to use surplus as a means to solve social issues. Furthermore, it advances nonprofit in the ability to financially self-sustain.
Social enterprise has been entering Vietnamese economy for many decades. Surely, the concept is gaining momentum. However, being at a new and young stage of development, social enterprise meets a lot of issues from both inside and outside. Center for Social Initiatives Promotion Organization (CSIP) is currently the first official Vietnamese nurturing center which takes responsibility to promote and connect social enterprises along Vietnam.
The main objective of this thesis is to give recommendations for CSIP, contributing to the better development of social enterprise in Vietnam.
In this study, the author uses both deductive and inductive research approach together with qualitative method. The collection of primary and secondary data is performed. The primary sources are acquired through the survey and follow-up interview with a sample of ten chosen Vietnamese social enterprises. The secondary data is obtained from published sources such as books, academic papers, journals and different electronic forms.
The thesis’s core consists of three main parts. First, the author examines the context and concept of social enterprise worldwide. The author especially undertakes a detailed review on the study of the analytical model. Second, the author builds an empirical research on Vietnamese social enterprises based on the above study in order to detect the biggest issue and compose the optimal solutions. Last, on the basis of optimal solutions and CSIP current solutions, the author benchmarks to construct the recommendations.
Social enterprise has been entering Vietnamese economy for many decades. Surely, the concept is gaining momentum. However, being at a new and young stage of development, social enterprise meets a lot of issues from both inside and outside. Center for Social Initiatives Promotion Organization (CSIP) is currently the first official Vietnamese nurturing center which takes responsibility to promote and connect social enterprises along Vietnam.
The main objective of this thesis is to give recommendations for CSIP, contributing to the better development of social enterprise in Vietnam.
In this study, the author uses both deductive and inductive research approach together with qualitative method. The collection of primary and secondary data is performed. The primary sources are acquired through the survey and follow-up interview with a sample of ten chosen Vietnamese social enterprises. The secondary data is obtained from published sources such as books, academic papers, journals and different electronic forms.
The thesis’s core consists of three main parts. First, the author examines the context and concept of social enterprise worldwide. The author especially undertakes a detailed review on the study of the analytical model. Second, the author builds an empirical research on Vietnamese social enterprises based on the above study in order to detect the biggest issue and compose the optimal solutions. Last, on the basis of optimal solutions and CSIP current solutions, the author benchmarks to construct the recommendations.