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With today's current problems, including forced migrations, inadequate education and healthcare systems, environmental threats, economic crises, poverty, etc., it has become evident that systemic social change is needed. Unfortunately, creating, maintaining, and fostering sustainable social value is not easy. In this respect, social entrepreneurs can act as change agents with their social missions. Yet, the role of social entrepreneurship in creating sustainable social value is still in an embryonic state.

Creating Social Value Through Social Entrepreneurship contains expert research that links social entrepreneurship and social value in order to further understand the role of social entrepreneurship in creating social value and to highlight the importance of social entrepreneurs in emerging economies. While covering topics that include crowdfunding, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship ecosystems, and the triggers and challenges of social entrepreneurship, this book seeks to extend the social entrepreneurship contribution to social impact. The book is of value to entrepreneurs, managers, academicians, researchers, and students in various fields that include economics, management, and entrepreneurship.

Mine Afacan Fındıklı received her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Social Sciences at Istanbul University - Department of Management and Organization in December 2012.After completing her Ph.D., she worked as vice-dean of the FEAS and the head of Department of International Logistics and Transportation for three years. She was the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Social Sciences at Gelisim University. In 2016, she has received her associate professorship degree in strategy and management. She worked as vice-dean in the FEAS at Beykent University between 2017 February-2020 February. Currently, she has been funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and she has been a visiting fellow at the University of Bath, School of Management, Future of Work Research Centre for six months. She continues her academic studies within the framework of human resources management, organizational behavior and social entrepreneurship.

Duygu Acar Erdur is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration Department at Beykent University. She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from Uludag University .Her research interests and expertise include institutional theory, diversity, equality, and gender studies.