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==C==
==C==
;[[Commercial Activity]]  
;[[Commercial Activity]]  
:Activity aimed at creative value. A Social venture will derive a significant portion (more than 50%) from selling goods and services


;[[Commercial Value Proposition]]
;[[Commercial Value Proposition]]
:What makes a product or service produced attractive to customers


;[[Competencies]]
;[[Competencies]]
:Skill, knowledge or ability


==D==
==D==
;[[Distribution]]
;[[Distribution]]
:The various channels that a company uses to reach its customers


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==E==
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==S==
==S==
;[[Social Enterprise]]
;[[Social Enterprise]]
:Social enterprises are businesses that trade in the market for a social purpose. It is broadly accepted that social enterprises have three common characteristics: Explicit social aims, commercial activity, and social ownership.


;[[Social Ownership]]
;[[Social Ownership]]
:Community accountability for a social enterprise


;[[Social Purpose]]
;[[Social Purpose]]
:Social purpose beyond proft making that is core to the activities rather than incidental


;[[Social Values]]
;[[Social Values]]
:principles that we use to determine our behaviour, and in the context of Social Entrepreneurship, inspire social entrepreneurs and enterprises


==T==
==T==

Revision as of 16:17, 6 December 2016

This is a glossary for students of the integrated online course, Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change. The goal here is to help students of a diversity of backgrounds and disciplines understand language of Social Entrepreneurship. Unless otherwise stated, these definitions are taken from our own materials.

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Commercial Activity
Commercial Value Proposition
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Social Enterprise
Social Ownership
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