| Summary: | 碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 國際創業與經營管理學程碩士在職專班 === 106 === Social enterprises seem to be a conspicuous means to address some of the most profoundly complex issues in the world. The objective is to uncover how Myanmar and Taiwan’s past systems, two countries with distinct histories but parallels in past oppression of civil society, have played a role in shaping an emergence of social enterprises; and as a result, how social enterprises have developed and responded to them, with case studies of how current social enterprise pioneers are shaped by the past but strive to bring about change for the common good in the present through cutting-edge approaches to social entrepreneurship, with Greenovator launching the first free and readily available app for farmers and agricultural stakeholders in Myanmar, which scales nearly nationwide and Aurora for being the first registered social enterprise in Taiwan and for its capacity to scale on a local, grassroots and aborigine intended community basis with demonstrable strength in its trust-based partnership between its cooperative (Manna) and for-profit (Aurora) wing (Greenovator, n.d.; Hu, 2014).
Agriculture based organizations were selected as farming is considered an economic pillar of Myanmar’s undeveloped economy and is a prominent form of livelihood and income for rural, indigenous communities located in mountainous regions of Taiwan, despite farming only representing a small portion of its GDP countrywide (Executive Yuan, n.d.-b). History is highlighted to show how a technology leap in Myanmar has led to the emergence of tech-based social enterprises such as Greenovator and how an environment of trust between government and civil society in Taiwan has led to a formalized social enterprise (SE) sector with a support system in place to enable models of partnered hybrids of cooperatives and social enterprises like Aurora to persevere (Arnaudo, 2016; Kuan & Wang, 2015). Lastly, suggestions are made on feasible future directions for social entrepreneurship based on experiences of Greenovator and Aurora and the current policy and social enterprise environment of Myanmar and Taiwan.
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