Ibáñez, María José2022-03-162022-03-162021Ibáñez, M.J. (2021), "Social entrepreneurship review: a gap in the Latin American context", Management Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-09-2021-1232https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-09-2021-1232http://hdl.handle.net/11447/5736Purpose Social entrepreneurship (SE) has been a field of research that has interested researchers for over 30 years. However, there is no consensus on the concept of SE, and research in this field moves in several directions. The purpose of this study is to summarize the definitions of SE, propose a unified definition of SE and describe the state-of-the-art of SE in the Latin American context.esSocial entrepreneurshipLatin Americasocial venturesocial enterprisesocially oriented businessArticle