Abstract
The purpose of the study is to review and identify how social entrepreneurship develops and what factors contribute to it. Methodology. Summarized conceptual debate and assessment of a variety of empirical data for a more integrated understanding of social entrepreneurship. This article aims to clarify the concept of social entrepreneurship and its potential, and the actual relationship to social performance. The assessment of statistical data on the development of entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan, data of the Association of Social Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan. The signs of the aggregate were formed: the number of social enterprises in Kazakhstan and the influencing factors: demographic group, social group, economic group. Used economic and mathematical tools to determine the dependence of factors. A model of correlation-regression dependence has been built. The originality / value of the study lies in the study and analysis of the state of social entrepreneurship in modern conditions and recommendations for improving the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. Findings. In the study using the economic and mathematical apparatus, conclusions were drawn about the influence of factors on the development of social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. Social enterprises are highly diversified as they operate across many industries, including financial services, commercial services, agriculture, health care and social services, with different organizational structures and relationships with other commercial and non-profit organizations. This diversification can lead to different information needs, different expectations of stakeholders, as well as different possible metrics for assessing and analyzing the development of social entrepreneurship.