Abstract

The aim of the article. The aim of the article is to study the role of social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the solving of social-economic problem and sustainable development of the regions in Ukraine. The results of the analysis. The article focuses on the analysis of differentiation of unemployment in Ukraine by the main socio-demographic characteristics such as age, level of education and region. It has been established the dependence between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. It is shown that the current and future social entrepreneurship of any country directly depends on labour activity as a part of regional development. The author’s definition of “social entrepreneurship” has been suggested. It is proved that social entrepreneurship is a good way to make a standard living and improved situation on the labour market. In consequence of the performed research the social entrepreneurship as the main resource for the regional economic development have been studied. It creates jobs, wealth and capital in the country. Social entrepreneurship has the same pillars as the sustainable development: economic, social and ecological has been established. The author’s definition of “social entrepreneurship” has been suggested as an innovative activities of the person who does systemic changes in social or ecological spheres, gets profit from this activity and has considerable impact on the regional economic growth. The analysis of differentiation of unemployment in Ukraine by the main socio-demographic characteristics such as age, level of education and region has been investigated. The largest part of the structure of the unemployed in Ukraine is a person with basic higher education has been established. The main reason of unemployment among people with higher education, in our opinion, is the imperfection of the education system in Ukraine and low quality of educational services. As a result, the level of knowledge and qualification of thousands of young professionals who join the workforce every year do not meet the requirements of employers. Conclusions and directions of further researches. It is proved that social entrepreneurship is a good way to make a standard living and improved situation on the labour market. One of the directions of modernization of the educational system in Ukraine is the introduction of facilitation as the method of non-formal education. The facilitation, when it is used properly, activates the need for self-development, personal growth and constant self-improvement and self-realization in modern society. Young people are more open for new ideas and are the best medium for innovative transformation and, therefore, a reduction of the unemployment rate among youth is crucial for ensuring an innovative development of the country. Social entrepreneurship is developing dynamically in Europe, contributing to solving the problems of unemployment, social security, civic engagement etc. The main mission of social entrepreneurship is to bring benefits for the community. The social entrepreneurship activities and the community should evolve side by side. Without development of social entrepreneurship, it is impossible to filling the budget, and increasing quality of life. The prospect of further research is determined in investigation the different funding sources of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine.

Keywords: entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, innovation, social innovation, sustainable development, standard of living, unemployment

JEL Classification: A13, O35, R11.

Cite as: Revko, A. (2017). Social entrepreneurship as the main resource for the regional development. Marketing and Management of Innovations, 1, 311-318. https://doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2017.1-28

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

References

1. Economic activity of population of Ukraine 2015. (2016). [Economic activity of the population of Ukraine in 2015]. Statistical collection / [vidp. for vip. And. In. Senik]. it is Kyiv: Government service of statistics of Ukraine [in Ukrainian].
2. Revko, A.M. (2013). The social innovations as basic instrument of upgrading life of population of regions [Social innovation as the main tool to improve quality of life in regions]. Problems of social work : philosophy, psychology, sociology: collection, 1 (2), 81-85 [in Ukrainian].
3. Dees, J.G., Emerson, J., & Economy, P. (2001). Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc. [in English].
4. Drucker, P.F. (1993). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. New York: Harper Business [in English].
5. Emerson, J. (2003). The Blended Value Proposition: Integrating Social and Financial Returns. California Management Review, 45(4), 35-51 [in English].
6. Gawell, M., Johannisson, B., & Lundqvist, M. (2009). Entrepreneurship in the name of society: Reader’s digest of a Swedish research anthology. Stockholm: Knowledge Foundation [in English].
7. Keohane, G.L. (2013). Social entrepreneurship for the 21st century: Innovation across the nonprofit, private, and public sectors [in English]. 
8. Lai Prasad Aiyal (M.Phil), Ganesh Bajagain (2015). Entrepreneurship development for MBS. Nepal: Kriti Books Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. [in English].
9. Nicholls, A. (2007). Social entrepreneurship: New models of sustainable change. Oxford University Press [in English].
10. Revko, A. (2016). The Role of Human Potential for Sustainable Development in the Chernihiv Region of Ukraine. Studia Periegetica, The WSB University in Poznan Press, Poznań, 1(15), 99-114 [in English].
11. Sandal, J-U. (2010). The social entrepreneur pyramid: With a Nordic perspective on social entrepreneurship. Lund: Lund University [in English].
12. Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1942/1984). Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New York: HarperCollins [in English].
13. UNECE Statistical Database, Economy – Labour Force & Wages, Gross Average Monthly Wages by Country and Year. – Retrieved from http://w3.unece.org/ [in English].
14. Dobrova, N. (2015). Sotsialne pidpryiemnytstvo [Social Entrepreneurship]. Ekonomichni innovaytsii – Economic innovation, 59, 112-117. Retrieved from http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/ecinn_2015_59_15 [in Ukrainian].
15. Kucz, M. (2015). Sotsialne pidpryiemnycztvo: osnovni idei ta perspektyvy doslidzhennia v sotsiolohii [Social Entrepreneurship: key ideas and perspectives of research in sociology]. Naukovi zapysky NaUKMA. Sociolohichni nauky – Scientific notes NaUKMA. Sociological Science, 174, 51-55. Retrieved from http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/NaUKMAs_2015_174_10 [in Ukrainian].
16. Skill Builders. www.skillbuilders.org. Retrieved from  http://www.skillbuilders.org.uk/ [in English].
17. Halo Leisure. www.haloleisure.co.uk. Retrieved from http://www.haloleisure.co.uk/ [in English].