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Getting Beyond Better

Author : Roger L. Martin,Sally Osberg
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633690691

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Getting Beyond Better by Roger L. Martin,Sally Osberg Pdf

Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders--call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers--develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place. The book begins with a probing and useful theory of social entrepreneurship, moving through history to illuminate what it is, how it works, and the nature of its role in modern society. The authors then set out a framework for understanding how successful social entrepreneuars actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a new future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. With both depth and nuance, Martin and Osberg offer rich examples and personal stories and share lessons and tools invaluable to anyone who aspires to drive positive change, whatever the context. Getting Beyond Better sets forth a bold new framework, demonstrating how and why meaningful change actually happens in the world and providing concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policymakers, civil society organizations, and individuals who seek to transform our world for good.

The Art of Social Enterprise

Author : Carl Frankel,Allen Bromberger
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781550925340

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The Art of Social Enterprise by Carl Frankel,Allen Bromberger Pdf

Mission driven—business as a vehicle for change. The current business-for-profit model rewards short-term thinking, narrow self-interest, and a social-and-environmental-costs-be-damned attitude. Non-profits, while more focused on the greater good, tend to be inherently resource-challenged and rely on increasingly scarce grants and donations to sustain their existence. Social enterprise is an exciting, blended model driven by the desire to create positive change through entrepreneurial activities. The Art of Social Enterprise is a practical guide which supplies everything you need to know about the mechanics of social entrepreneurship including: Startup – envisioning and manifesting intention Strategic planning – balancing social and monetary value Maintaining an even keel despite the inevitable challenges associated with being an entrepreneur. This valuable resource also provides an unparalleled legal perspective to help you take advantage of established legal organizational forms, recent statutory creations, contract hybrids, certification programs and more. Aimed at emerging as well as established social entrepreneurs, for-profit leaders who want to introduce an element of social responsibility into their companies, and non-profit organizations who want to increase their stability by generating income, The Art of Social Enterprise is the definitive guide to doing well while doing good.

Social Entrepreneurship

Author : David Bornstein,Susan Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195396331

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Social Entrepreneurship by David Bornstein,Susan Davis Pdf

In a book presented in a Q-and-A format, the authors explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, what challenges they face and how readers can get involved in the efforts that social entrepreneurs are spearheading. Cowritten by the author of How to Change the World. Original.

Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism

Author : Philippe Eynaud,Jean-Louis Laville,Luciane dos Santos,Swati Banerjee,Flor Avelino,Lars Hulgård
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000012156

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Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism by Philippe Eynaud,Jean-Louis Laville,Luciane dos Santos,Swati Banerjee,Flor Avelino,Lars Hulgård Pdf

In the past decades, social enterprise has been an emerging field of research. Its main frameworks have been provided by Occidental approaches. Mainly based on an organizational vision, they give little or no room to questions such as gender, race, colonialism, class, power relations and intertwined forms of inequality. However, a wide range of worldwide hidden, popular initiatives can be considered as another form of social enterprises based on solidarity, re-embedding the economy as well as broadening the political scope. This has been shown in a previous book: Civil Society, the Third Sector, and Social Enterprise: Governance and Democracy. Thus, to be more than a fashion or a fictitious panacea, the concept of social enterprise needs to be debated. Southern realities cannot be only understood through imported categories and outside modeled guidelines. This book engages a multicontinental and pluridisciplinary discussion in order to provide a pluralist theory of social enterprise. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and students in the fields of social entrepreneurship, social innovation, development studies, management studies and social work.

Understanding Social Enterprise

Author : Rory Ridley-Duff,Mike Bull
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446246559

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Understanding Social Enterprise by Rory Ridley-Duff,Mike Bull Pdf

Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here The emergence of social enterprises over the past 25 years has been an exciting and significant development in the economy at a local, national and international level. How should we understand the growing popularity of social enterprise? Are alternative business models even more relevant in an uncertain business climate? How does Social Enterprise fit into the wider social context? In 12 comprehensive chapters the authors discuss and illustrate both theoretical and practical considerations for the field. The book: - Focuses on different and distinct approaches to Social Enterprise and social economy - Contains comprehensive coverage of employee-owned, cooperative, community and charitable enterprises - Looks at private, voluntary and public sector differences. - Examines managerial issues for social enterprises: strategic thinking, leadership, HRM, governance and globalisation. - Draws on international debates and examples. - Includes extensive learning features such as: summaries, international case studies, reflection boxes, further reading and links to online information about social enterprise projects. - Is accompanied by a companion website with a full instructors’ manual, including PowerPoint slides and extra case studies for lecturers, and access to full-text journal articles for students. Visit the companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/ridleyduff

Social enterprise management

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781845449889

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Social enterprise management by Anonim Pdf

Annotation Social enterprises are organisations seeking business solutions to social problems. This e-book looks at social enterprises around the world in terms of governance, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, sustainability and in the public sector.

Scaling the Social Enterprise

Author : Walske, Jennifer M.,Foster, Elizabeth,Tyson, Laura D.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788113724

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Scaling the Social Enterprise by Walske, Jennifer M.,Foster, Elizabeth,Tyson, Laura D. Pdf

Scaling the Social Enterprise is an ideal text for courses that focus on social entrepreneurship and social innovation, at either the graduate or undergraduate level. Common themes across high growth social startups discussed in the book include: • building and modifying a management team for growth • creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network • choosing corporate form and funders • moving from idea to pilot, to roll-out, and pivots along the way • the importance of media magic in building a brand • developing and refining one’s value chain • the pivotal role of technology in scaling Featuring high profile, high growth social startups including Fair Trade USA, Revolution Foods, Sanergy, Kiva, d.light, Back to the Roots, and Grameen America, the chapter on funding social startups also profiles social funders such as Bridges Fund Management and Better Ventures, amongst others.

Social Enterprise in Western Europe

Author : Jacques Defourny,Marthe Nyssens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429619625

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Social Enterprise in Western Europe by Jacques Defourny,Marthe Nyssens Pdf

In the last two decades, the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project on which this book is based was to show that the social enterprise field would benefit much more from linking conceptualisation efforts to the huge diversity of social enterprises than from an additional and ambitious attempt at providing an encompassing definition. Starting from a hypothesis that could be termed "the impossibility of a unified definition", the ICSEM research strategy relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the social enterprise phenomenon in its local and national contexts. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major social enterprise models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level. Social Enterprise in Western Europe –the third volume in a series of four ICSEM-based books on social enterprise worldwide – will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and others who want to acquire a broad understanding of the social enterprise and social entrepreneurship phenomena as they emerge and develop in this region.

Management for Social Enterprise

Author : Bob Doherty,George Foster,Chris Mason,John Meehan,Karon Meehan,Neil Rotheroe,Maureen Royce
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857026880

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Management for Social Enterprise by Bob Doherty,George Foster,Chris Mason,John Meehan,Karon Meehan,Neil Rotheroe,Maureen Royce Pdf

`Management for Social Enterprise is a great introduction to the rich variety of social enterprises in the UK. It is also a useful tool to help us to build more effective social enterprises that really deliver on their missions by people who have hands on experience. This is just what the rapidly growing social enterprise sector needs, a management manual to help us take social enterprises to the next level by people who have hands on experience′ - Sophi Tranchell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate Ltd and Cabinet Office sponsored Social Enterprise Ambassador `The recent explosive growth in the number of social enterprises, their diverse and dynamic nature, and the upsurge in research about them all makes this a potentially bewildering field of knowledge to explore. This book provides a clear and timely guide to the management challenges involved in understanding and running social enterprises, and underlines why their unique nature requires something more than just standard business school wisdom′ - Ken Peattie, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff Business School, and Director of the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society `Provides a good introduction to the management of social enterprises touching on a broad range of topics and will help those invovled in managing social enterprises and those trying to understand more about the sector. It draws on the experience of those who have worked in the social enterprise sector in a range of countries and are passionate about developing it′ - Fergus Lyon, Professor of Enterprise and Organizations, Middlesex University Overviewing the key business topics required by social entrepreneurs, and managers in social enterprises Management for Social Enterprise covers strategy, finance, ethics, social accounting, marketing and people management. Written in direct, accessible language by a team of authors currently teaching and researching in this sector, each chapter is fully supported with learning resources. Chapters include brief overviews, further reading, suggested web resources and, importantly, international case studies, drawing on real-life business examples. This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise, but will also be of use to anyone with an interest in management, corporate responsibility, ethics or community studies.

Social Enterprise

Author : Janelle A. Kerlin
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781584658160

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Social Enterprise by Janelle A. Kerlin Pdf

The first comparative look at how social enterprise is shaped by local conditions worldwide

Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

Author : Teresa Chahine
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781498717052

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Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship by Teresa Chahine Pdf

Social entrepreneurship is a revolution occurring around the world today. People from all walks of life are developing and implementing innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions in response to social and environmental challenges. These solutions include products, services, and interventions brought to market by new startups and existing orga

The Emergence of Social Enterprise

Author : Carlo Borzaga,Jacques Defourny
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415339219

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The Emergence of Social Enterprise by Carlo Borzaga,Jacques Defourny Pdf

This book investigates the remarkable growth of the 'third sector', focusing on social enterprises, their characteristics, their contribution and their future prospects.

Social Enterprise

Author : Marthe Nyssens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134182176

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Social Enterprise by Marthe Nyssens Pdf

In one of its previous books, the EMES European Research Network traced the most significant developments in 'social entrepreneurship' emerging inside the third sector in Europe. Building upon that seminal work, this volume presents the results of an extensive research project carried out over a four-year period of a comparative analysis of 160 social enterprises across eleven EU countries. It breaks new ground in both its articulation of multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks and its rigorous analysis of empirical evidence based on a homogenized data collection methodology. Looking at work intergration, it is structured around a number of key themes (multiple goals and multiple stakeholders, multiple resources, trajectories of workers, public policies) developed through a transversal European analysis, and is illustrated with short country experiences that reflect the diversity of welfare models across Europe. With contributions from an impressive list of academics, all members of the EMES European Research Network, this rich follow-up volume to The Emergence of Social Enterprise is essential reading for academics, researchers and students in the fields of the third sector and social policies.

Social Enterprise in Asia

Author : Eric Bidet,Jacques Defourny
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429560750

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Social Enterprise in Asia by Eric Bidet,Jacques Defourny Pdf

In the absence of a widely accepted and common definition of social enterprise (SE), a large research project, the "International Comparative Social Enterprise Models" (ICSEM) Project, was carried out over a five-year period; it involved more than 200 researchers from 55 countries and relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the SE phenomenon. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, thus resulting in an analysis encompassing a wide diversity of social enterprises, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major SE models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level. These SE models reveal or confirm an overall trend towards new ways of sharing the responsibility for the common good in today’s economies and societies. We tend to consider as good news the fact that social enterprises actually stem from all parts of the economy. Indeed, societies are facing many complex challenges at all levels, from the local to the global level. The diversity and internal variety of SE models are a sign of a broadly shared willingness to develop appropriate—although sometimes embryonic—responses to these challenges, on the basis of innovative economic/business models driven by a social mission. In spite of their weaknesses, social enterprises may be seen as advocates for and vehicles of the general interest across the whole economy. Of course, the debate about privatisation, deregulation and globalised market competition—all factors that may hinder efforts in the search for the common good–has to be addressed as well. The first of a series of four ICSEM books, Social Enterprise in Asia will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and other categories of people who want to acquire a broad understanding of the phenomena of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship as they emerge and develop across the world.

Building Social Business

Author : Muhammad Yunus
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781586488635

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Building Social Business by Muhammad Yunus Pdf

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls “social business.” By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. In this book, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the US. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.