Purpose – If there is one thing that truly characterizes entrepreneurship and especially social entrepreneurship, it is the “engaged scholarship” at their very heart. That is, teaching, outreach/service and research are connected, often tightly. The purpose of this paper therefore is to discuss the evolution of social entrepreneurship and the lessons learned.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports on the results of a multi-country survey dealing with social entrepreneurship.
Findings – It is found that a lot of maturing needs to be done in the area of social entrepreneurship work.
Originality/value – This paper provides real value to the literature by showing what is actually done in the teaching of social entrepreneurship
