Title : THE SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF  SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN YANGON

Keywords : social impact, social enterprises, social sectors, organizational performance

Authors : Lin Thidar Khaing

Description : Social enterprises have been emerged for over a decade and the sector has rapid development in Myanmar. Social enterprises are registered as private company or co-operatives and aim to balance their social mission and core business to achieve financially sustainable social impact. The objectives of the study are to examine the social impact of social enterprises. The data are collected by using secondary data obtained from respective social enterprises, offices and organizations, reference books and literature reviews to obtain important information of 30 social enterprises in Yangon. The results of the study show a positive social impact of organization resources on organizational performance. As a result, also highlight that organization performance has significant effect on social impact of social enterprises in Yangon. This study suggests that socioeconomic activities of social enterprises can improve their organizational performance by continuously improving institutional information and organizational resources. Based on the findings, social enterprises in Yangon can benefit the social sectors such as education, health, culture, social welfare, etc.