SOCIAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS THE INNOVATIVE FACTOR OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Social economics and social entrepreneurship have in the developed economies their tradition and results. In the former transitive economies is developing the mentioned area slowly and its social acceptance does not respond to the positive results, especially at the labour market of socially excluded groups of people. The aim of the contribution is to refer to the scientific and application importance of the research of social economics and social entrepreneurship in regional development. We define particular concepts, present basic features of demarcation in the area of private, public and non-profit sector; we define relationship of all relevant groups at the labour market. We implement scientific methods of modeling, heuristics, comparison and analysis, graphic methods. In conclusion, we offer a space for research of regional development from the point of view of innovative tools of social economics and social entrepreneurship.