Abstract:
Creation of innovative solutions to solve most pressurized social problems is the core of
social entrepreneurship while performing the major role of changing agents by social
enterprises and entrepreneurs. The study questioning the rise of social enterprises to
balance economic, social, and environmental factors in the Sri Lankan economy. Thus,
this study aims to determine whether the social entrepreneurship dimensions help social
enterprises to secure the triple bottom line by drawing from the knowledge and empirical
gaps. Online questionnaires were used as a research instrument to collect data from 137
selected social enterprises through a quantitative research approach. Cronbach’s alpha
value has ensured the reliability of the questionnaire developed based on past literature.
Data were analyzed using descriptive, correlation, and regression analysis. The findings
prove that social entrepreneurship positively impacted on achieving triple bottom line
goals and highly impacted environment performance rather than economic and social.
Finally, this study recommends beginning discussions regards to the social
entrepreneurship to fill the academic and industrial lacuna in Sri Lanka.
Keywords: Social entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneur, Social enterprise, Social
entrepreneurial dimensions, Triple bottom line
