The Convergence of Technology Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship; A Case of Formulation of the Civic Tech Community in Japan

The concept civic tech, which extends across a broad range of perspectives and spheres in technological entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, is involved with various economic and social changes in the backdrop of information technology and digitization. This paper illustrates the brief history of the Civic Tech Community in Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the convergence of IT technology and social entrepreneurship.