PREFERIBILITY COMPARISON BETWEEN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN TURKEY

Abstract

Projects based on solving a social problem create social changes, which is called social impact. Non-governmental organizations and social enterprises both create social impacts. This study examines if social enterprises can be an alternative for NGO’s in order to create social impact, and why. According to the results, social enterprises might be defined as the alternative for NGO’s. Also the importance of financial and governmental support to social enterprises in order to create awareness on consumers and encourage potential social entrepreneurs would be examined. In this study, convenience sampling method will be used. Data will be collected via survey by face to face, and will be examined on Excel.  

Keywords

• Social enterprise,ngo,social impact,philanthropy,social problem

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