NRN Joint Actions
Social Aspects of Rural Entrepreneurship
Not all businesses measure their success solely in terms of profit or the creation of employment. Many businesses also have an important social dimension and can be an important source of social benefit in the local community. Two main areas of interest have been identified by the NRNs:
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Social enterprises –businesses which are undertaken primarily for social purposes, do not focus upon profit maximisation, and redistribute all surpluses through reinvestment in the community.
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Business providing social services - local entrepreneurs (often very committed to specific social issues) that use their rural location to provide/produce social services like health-care and welfare services etc. Social farming is one very good example of this.
