ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SCHOLARLY WORKS
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https://doi.org/10.35433/ISSN2410-3748-2026-1(38)-23Keywords:
Social entrepreneurship, environmental social entrepreneurship, ecosystem approach, social entrepreneurship ecosystem, social resilience of society, environmental sustainability, sustainable development, environmental governance, public administration, social policy, social protection, support, development of the social sphere, poverty alleviation, improvement of the population’s living standards, public policy, mechanism, public governance, public policy analysis, democratic governance, conceptual and methodological foundationsAbstract
The article assesses the current state of research on the issue of environmental social entrepreneurship in both foreign and domestic scholarly literature. The study outlines the distinctive features of the development of the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship and confirms the significant global interest in various aspects of the establishment, functioning, and advancement of social enterprises. The advantages of social entrepreneurship are identified and substantiated.
It is demonstrated that environmental social entrepreneurship constitutes an important component of social entrepreneurship and embodies progressive innovative solutions for environmental governance and the achievement of social security through simultaneous economic, environmental, and social impacts.
The analyzed studies indicate that social and environmental entrepreneurship form a unified integrated system. The main directions of environmental social entrepreneurship are characterized.
Special attention is paid to systemic barriers hindering the functioning and scaling of social entrepreneurship. In Ukraine, the development of environmental social entrepreneurship requires addressing issues related to the formation and advancement of a favorable institutional environment and legal regulation, access to resources and state support, the creation of socially oriented business strategies, support for and development of inclusive and “green” businesses, the application of innovative digital technologies, and the strengthening of the ecosystem approach through environmental management of war-related destruction waste, ecosystem restoration, and the promotion of local environmental initiatives.
The article presents a generalized overview of positive practices and case studies of environmental social entrepreneurship that are of strategic importance and demonstrate mechanisms and instruments for effectively addressing current challenges relevant to Ukraine.
The research possesses both scientific and practical value, as it systematizes the impact and advantages of social entrepreneurship for the recovery and sustainable development of Ukraine, thereby paving the way for the integration of scientific knowledge aimed at implementing relevant experience and fostering further in-depth study of this important issue.
Prospects for further research are associated with the study of specific legal, institutional, financial-economic, informational, and other mechanisms and instruments capable of establishing and promoting the development of environmental social entrepreneurship in Ukraine.
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