Mueller, SusanSusanMuellerNazarkina, LiudmilaLiudmilaNazarkinaVolkmann, ChristineChristineVolkmannBlank, ChristianeChristianeBlank2024-11-192024-11-192011-0310.24451/arbor.13991https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.1399110.1080/19420676.2011.555463https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/31454In this essay we suggest directions and perspectives for social entrepreneurship research that could result in a state in which social entrepreneurship would have become mainstream. This includes the need to delineate and define social entrepreneurship vis-à-vis commercial entrepreneurship, the question of growth and scaling up of social ventures, the role of social entrepreneurship on a macroeconomic level, and the use of critical theory as a theoretical lens. Our recommendations are inspired by a Professional Development Workshop on ‘Social Entrepreneurship: Future Directions in Education and Research’ organized by the authors at the Academy of Management Conference 2010 in Montréal.ensocial entrepreneurshipsocial entrepreneurcommercial entrepreneurshipcritical theoryscaling upeconomic systemarticle