Evaluation of social and environmental entrepreneurship development in Russia and Finland

Abstract

The presented article explores aspects of the development of social entrepreneurship within the border areas of Russia and Finland. The aim of the study is to assess the opportunities for the development of social entrepreneurship. The object of the research is the consumers of the service sector in Russia and Finland. The research method is a questionnaire survey, as a result of which the formed questions provide information about the development of the entrepreneurial sector. The study analyzes the needs and opportunities for the development of social entrepreneurship in the border areas. The assessment of the development of the sphere of social entrepreneurship uses the method of focus groups, which allows getting the analysis of the situation from the experts from Karelia and Finland. As a result of the research the differences in separate directions of development of the entrepreneurial sector in the Republic of Karelia and Finland have been revealed. The differences in the expectations of young people of the countries under consideration and the fears of Russian and Finnish respondents were determined. The obtained results allow us to determine the differences in social and economic policy of the states