SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The paper describes the up-to date situation in social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to analyze incidence of social enterprises in the Czech Republic and analyze them based on chosen variables. In the theoretical part, literature review and various legal forms of enterprise are presented. The secondary data from the Czech Social Enterprise website are used. The sample consists of 219 companies registered in the website's database by 22nd March 2016. Quantitative approach with descriptive statistics used describes social enterprises according to their distribution in Czech regions, date of establishment, legal form, activity of social enterprise, and frequency of offering indemnification. Main findings are that perception of social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic is often narrowed down to issues of employment of the handicapped or otherwise disadvantaged people. Most social enterprises are registered in the capital city of Prague, South Moravia, Olomouc, and Moravia-Silesian region. Distribution of social enterprises in the Czech Republic is uneven and for instance in Karlovy Vary region, social enterprises are represented very poorly. Most social enterprises were founded between the years 2007 and 2013, focusing on business areas like gardening and cleaning services, food production, sales, and provision of accommodation and food services. Finally, a case study of international NGO Ashoka which consists of more than 1 800 social innovators is presented. The main contribution of the research is description of the current state of social innovators in the Czech Republic and its structure. The originality of the paper is based on uniqueness of gaining and analyzing data about social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic as such data has not been systematically collected or analyzed.