Abstract:
The concept of social entrepreneurship has been
differently identified by diverse researchers leading to
contradicting definitions. Therefore, whether visionary social
entrepreneurship results in increasing profits is a questionable in
the research world. As an answer to these contradicting findings
and ideas of social entrepreneurship in literature, the current
study focused in explaining the characteristics and the behavior
of social entrepreneurial ventures in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the
focus of the study is to explain how visionary social
entrepreneurship leads to create profits and to gain increasing
profits in a sustainable way.