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
Rocket lifting off from a glass light bulb, icon for entrepreneurship and innovation

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.

  1. 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