%0 Journal Article %T Social and commercial entrepreneurship: same, different, or both? %A Austin %A James %A Stevenson %A Howard %A Wei-Skillern %A Jane %J Revista de Administra£¿£¿o (S£¿o Paulo) %D 2012 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0080-21072012000300003 %X entrepreneurship has been the engine propelling much of the growth of the business sector as well as a driving force behind the rapid expansion of the social sector. this article offers a comparative analysis of commercial and social entrepreneurship using a prevailing analytical model from commercial entrepreneurship. the analysis highlights key similarities and differences between these two forms of entrepreneurship and presents a framework on how to approach the social entrepreneurial process more systematically and effectively. we explore the implications of this analysis of social entrepreneurship for both practitioners and researchers. %K commercial entrepreneurship %K social entrepreneurship %K similarities %K differences. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0080-21072012000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en