Framework
Three forms of social action
The question it answers
When a founder sets out to tackle a social problem, should they choose social service provision, social activism or social entrepreneurship to change the system?
- Origin
- Martin and Osberg, 2007
- Diagram type
- 2×2 matrix
- Level of analysis
- Industry

Diagram
Three forms of social action
maintainedSystem outcomenew equilibrium
Social entrepreneurship
Social activism
Social service provision
No named form
directForm of actionindirect
Sources
References
Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.
- Martin, R.L. and Osberg, S. (2007) ‘Social entrepreneurship: the case for definition’, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 5(2), pp. 28–39.No DOIssir.orgSource page