Private, government, and corporate sectors increasingly seek to mitigate the precarious economic and environmental conditions their businesses have caused. Given the shortcomings of conventional approaches to achieve meaningful social change, social entrepreneurship has emerged as an alternative approach to answer this call. Combining business, private investment, and social movement models, social entrepreneurs work collaboratively with communities to augment peoples’ livelihood and their social security. This article draws on social entrepreneurship scholarship to analyze entrepreneurs’ initiatives in the northern Philippines’ emergent specialty Arabica coffee industry. I explore the extent to which entrepreneurs can operationalize opportunities and mitigate constraints as they expand from their small start-up premises while maintaining their social mandate. Given that current demand for premium green coffee beans outstrips supply, entrepreneurs may find themselves in competition with one another. This situation coupled with the Philippine government’s inability to secure peoples’ subsistence needs means that farmers may betray their allegiance to the entrepreneurs who supported them. I ask: do social entrepreneurs’ efforts simply alleviate symptoms rather than address root causes of inequality? Entrepreneurs’ efforts to date have led to positive industry outcomes; this suggests that pursuing such cross-sector advocacy can potentially curtail challenges to enterprise sustainability.

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菲律宾北部的社会企业家精神和阿拉比卡咖啡生产：把握机遇和制约因素

私营、政府和企业部门越来越多地寻求减轻其业务造成的不稳定的经济和环境条件。鉴于实现有意义的社会变革的传统方法的缺点，社会企业家精神已成为回应这一呼吁的替代方法。结合商业、私人投资和社会运动模式，社会企业家与社区合作，以增加人民的生计和社会保障。本文利用社会创业奖学金来分析企业家在菲律宾北部新兴特色阿拉比卡咖啡行业的举措。我探讨了企业家可以在多大程度上利用机会并减轻限制，因为他们从小型创业场所进行扩张，同时保持其社会使命。鉴于当前对优质生咖啡豆的需求供不应求，企业家可能会发现自己在相互竞争。这种情况加上菲律宾政府无法确保人民的生存需求，意味着农民可能会背叛他们对支持他们的企业家的忠诚。我问：社会企业家的努力只是缓解症状而不是解决不平等的根源吗？迄今为止，企业家的努力带来了积极的行业成果；这表明，进行这种跨部门宣传可能会减少对企业可持续性的挑战。鉴于当前对优质生咖啡豆的需求供不应求，企业家可能会发现自己在相互竞争。这种情况加上菲律宾政府无法确保人民的生存需求，意味着农民可能会背叛他们对支持他们的企业家的忠诚。我问：社会企业家的努力只是缓解症状而不是解决不平等的根源吗？迄今为止，企业家的努力带来了积极的行业成果；这表明，进行这种跨部门宣传可能会减少对企业可持续性的挑战。鉴于当前对优质生咖啡豆的需求供不应求，企业家可能会发现自己在相互竞争。这种情况加上菲律宾政府无法确保人民的生存需求，意味着农民可能会背叛他们对支持他们的企业家的忠诚。我问：社会企业家的努力只是缓解症状而不是解决不平等的根源吗？迄今为止，企业家的努力带来了积极的行业成果；这表明，进行这种跨部门宣传可能会减少对企业可持续性的挑战。这种情况加上菲律宾政府无法确保人民的生存需求，意味着农民可能会背叛他们对支持他们的企业家的忠诚。我问：社会企业家的努力只是缓解症状而不是解决不平等的根源吗？迄今为止，企业家的努力带来了积极的行业成果；这表明，进行这种跨部门宣传可能会减少对企业可持续性的挑战。这种情况加上菲律宾政府无法确保人民的生存需求，意味着农民可能会背叛他们对支持他们的企业家的忠诚。我问：社会企业家的努力只是缓解症状而不是解决不平等的根源吗？迄今为止，企业家的努力带来了积极的行业成果；这表明，进行这种跨部门宣传可能会减少对企业可持续性的挑战。