Digital Technology and Its Relation to Social Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship has started to gain significant attention recently from researchers and practitioners in the social service sector, as well as from social project owners at the global level and even at the level of individual countries. It has become a field of great and widespread interest and is now at the forefront of the priorities of the policies of developed countries. This is because social entrepreneurship works to solve some social problems that affect the social reality, such as poverty, unemployment, vulnerable groups, and people with special needs. It also contributes to the development of national economies by achieving a balance between social goals, solving problems, and achieving financial profit, which ensures the continuation of projects and encourages beneficiary groups to engage in these projects and achieve their aspirations. Digital technology plays a prominent role in such projects by keeping up with the times and leveraging digital transformation to obtain accurate statistics on relevant groups, thereby aligning them towards achieving the same goals. The current research aims to achieve the following objectives:

. Identify the nature of social entrepreneurship in the community.

1. Uncover the economic and social impacts of social entrepreneurship in Iraqi society.
2. Study the role of digital technology characteristics in the field of social entrepreneurship