Social Entrepreneurship as a New Vector for Business Education of the EAEU Countries

Abstract

The development and implementation of new educational programs for social entrepreneurs is one of the latest and most promising directions in the field of business education in the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This research aims to study this issue. Social entrepreneurship is related to the creation of social values, the formation of social well-being, and the solution of socially significant problems. It becomes an essential mechanism in achieving sustainable social and economic development of the global economy. The importance of social entrepreneurship development is evidenced by its support from public institutions, government, and educational establishments. The methodological basis includes historical, dialectical, and hermeneutic methods. Applying these methods allowed the authors to correlate the essential characteristics and forms of manifestation of social entrepreneurship and highlight the problems and prospects of development. The authors reveal that social entrepreneurship education is an actively developing area of education. Universities and the academic community play a fundamental role in this. Educational programs and courses on social entrepreneurship are developed, specialized chairs are opened, and seminars and conferences are held. The analysis of the content of educational programs has shown that it depends primarily on their distinctive characteristics, namely, for whom the program is designed, by whom it is provided, and in what form it is implemented. For the EAEU countries, this direction is a new trend in the educational services market; it requires the formation of an educational ecosystem.