A person who pursues an innovative idea with the potential to solve a community problem is known as social entrepreneur. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives. | Women social entrepreneurship and its impact on entrepreneurial performance International Journal of Management IJM Volume 9 Issue 1 Jan Feb 2018 pp. 10 15 Article ID IJM_09_01_003 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 9 amp IType 1 Journal Impact Factor 2016 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication WOMEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE M. Malarkodi Head of the Department Department of Management GSS Jain College for Women Chennai Dr. Saifil Ali Professor School of Management Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering Chennai ABSTRACT A person who pursues an innovative idea with the potential to solve a community problem is known as social entrepreneur. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives. Examples of social entrepreneurship include microfinance institutions educational programs providing banking services in underserved areas helping children orphaned by epidemic disease etc. The main goal of a social entrepreneur is not to earn a profit but to implement widespread improvements in society. Key words Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Performance Cite this Article M. Malarkodi and Dr. Saifil Ali Women Social Entrepreneurship and its Impact on Entrepreneurial Performance. International Journal of Management 9 1 2018 pp. 10 15. http IJM JType IJM amp VType 9 amp IType 1 1. INTRODUCTION Despite the explosive growth of the social entrepreneurship field the relevance of gender to conceptualizations and analysis in this field are still lacking despite claims that social enterprise can address social issues such as women s empowerment. Thus while women may be the intended beneficiaries of particular forms of social enterprise there is not a gender aware framework to examine unvoiced assumptions guiding concepts and .
