Social enterprise
Social enterprises are viewed to have been created as a result of the evolution of non-profits. This formation process resulted in a type of hybrid organization that does not have concrete organizational boundaries. Various scholars (e.g. Eikenberry &amp; Kluver, Liu &amp; Ko, and Mullins et al.) have argued that this may have come about due to the marketization of the non-profit sector, which resulted in many non-profit firms placing more focus on generating income. Other scholars have used institutional theory to conclude that non-profits have adopted social enterprise models, because such models have become legitimized and widely accepted. Some organizations have evolved into social enterprises, while some were established as social enterprises.