Corporate social entrepreneurship practice: Lithuanian case analysis

Abstract

Corporate social entrepreneurship is a relatively new term proposed by the EMBRACE (ERASMUS+ programme Knowledge Alliance project "European Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum") team in 2020. The problematic area of this study is that previous scientists and business practitioners rarely analyze the corporate social entrepreneurship practice, and there is no consensus on this concept, especially in the Lithuanian case. As a result, this study explores the main peculiarities of corporate social entrepreneurship in Lithuania by benchmarking corporate social entrepreneurship practices in public and private sector organizations. The research methodology was based on qualitative and quantitative methods such as expert interviews and focus groups. The findings of this study show that in order to disseminate and implement corporate social entrepreneurship practices in small and medium-size Lithuanian companies, there is a strong need for better cooperation between business and higher education institutions to prepare skillful business professionals.