Social Entrepreneurship as an Essential Tool for Communities in Self-Organizing and Coping with COVID-19 Pandemic

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201017.144How to use a DOI?

Keywords

social entrepreneurship, community development, innovation, education, COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

This article describes the role and the importance of Social Entrepreneurship both in community development and in rising public welfare.The paper includes analysis of the results of sociological research during 2018-2020 conducted among the experts and founders of Social Entrepreneurship in different regions of Armenia, as well as in the capital, Yerevan.The paper was made based on theoretical and practical studies; the positive aspects of Social Entrepreneurship were noted, as well as ways to overcome the problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Alternative methods are mentioned in which areas of Social Entrepreneurship are more effective in the current pandemic. The definition of the innovative Social Entrepreneurship and business model perceived in Armenia and abroad was given.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sona Minasyan
AU  - Gohar Mkoyan
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/20
TI  - Social Entrepreneurship as an Essential Tool for Communities in Self-Organizing and Coping with COVID-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 652
EP  - 655
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.144
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201017.144
ID  - Minasyan2020
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