Human Capital and Personal Entrepreneurial Competency on a Determination of Social Innovation

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sarana photchanachan
Pusanisa Thechatakerng

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          The emerging of social entrepreneurship has been continuously increasing and has become a global phenomenon that has an impact to society by employing innovative approach. It called social innovation. Social entrepreneurship and social innovation play an important role in driving social change. The purpose of this research was to explore the determination of social innovation. The scope of this paper was focused on human capital and personal entrepreneurial competencies. The method was qualitative research. The findings show that human capital consisted of education, skill, training, and experiences. Then, personal entrepreneurial competencies consisted of innovativeness, proactiveness, risk-taking, opportunity seeking, passionate, and information seeking. These factors are building social innovation. The implication of this research will help government, private organization, and other related parties to understand and roles of social entrepreneur and social innovation in creating a new social business in the new dimension.

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