As a practical challenge mainly in developing economies such as Tunisia, entrepreneurship for young people has raised concerns among several entities, primarily policymakers, especially regarding newer forms of entrepreneurship such as social business enterprises. In this exploratory study, factors that can stimulate (technological propensity) or impede (financial constraints and entrepreneurial limits) the new social business ventures of young entrepreneurs were investigated through five operational variables tested using a questionnaire administered to 120 young graduate entrepreneurs in Tunisia. Analysis of the results revealed that business creators’ (e.g., young entrepreneurs’) potential decision to launch social business ventures is positively influenced by technological propensity but also constrained mainly by four eminent factors (lack of investment capital, scarce access to finance, lack of entrepreneurial skills, and aversion to risk). This research offers several implications at the scientific and managerial levels, inferring that although conceived to overcome possible public inefficiency in both emerging and established economies, social business entrepreneurship most likely still requires public support for operational sustainability.

作为主要在突尼斯等发展中经济体中面临的实际挑战，青年创业已经引起了一些实体，主要是政策制定者的关注，尤其是对社会企业等新型创业形式的关注。在这项探索性研究中，通过对突尼斯 120 名年轻毕业生企业家进行的问卷测试，通过五个操作变量对可以刺激（技术倾向）或阻碍（财务约束和创业限制）的年轻企业家进行新的社会企业创业的因素进行了调查。结果分析表明，商业创造者（例如，青年企业家）开展社会企业风险的潜在决策受到技术倾向的积极影响，但也主要受到四个突出因素（缺乏投资资本、融资渠道稀缺、缺乏创业技能和厌恶风险）的约束。这项研究在科学和管理层面提供了若干启示，推断尽管旨在克服新兴经济体和成熟经济体中可能出现的公共低效率，但社会企业创业很可能仍然需要公众支持以实现运营可持续性。