Social Entrepreneurship

This study examines "Social Entrepreneurship," a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways.

Dr Alex Nicholls MBA originally trained in medieval hagiography and lexicography, but has more recently converted a lifelong passion for social justice and societal innovation into an academic focus on social entrepreneurship. As a writer, researcher, and consultant, he has been actively involved with social entrepreneurs for more than ten years. Nicholls has published a major research book on Fair Trade as well as a range of academic journal articles on the relationship between business, society, and social innovation. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and policy workshops. Having previously held posts at four other universities, Nicholls is currently the University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford, where he leads the development of a several research projects and teaches a range of social entrepreneurship courses.

Preface
Introduction
Part I: New Perspectives
1: Muhammad Yunus: Social Business Entrepreneurs are the Solution
2: William Drayton: The Citizen Sector Transformed
3: Rowena Young: For What It's Worth: Social Value and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship
4: Geoff Mulgan: Cultivating the Other Invisible Hand of Social Entrepreneurship: Comparative Advantage, Public Policy, and Future Research Priorities
Part II: New Theories
5: Alex Nicholls and Albert Cho: Social Entrepreneurship: The Structuration of a Field
6: Paola Grenier: Social Entrepreneurship: Agency in a Globalising World
7: Beth Battle Anderson and J. Gregory Dees: Rhetoric, Reality, and Research: Building a Solid Foundation for the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship
8: James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei-Skillern: Social Entrepreneurship: It's For Corporations, Too
9: Doug Foster: Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring a Cultural Mode Amidst Others in the Church of England
Part III: New Models
10: Sutia Kim Alter: Social Enterprise Models and Their Mission and Money Relationships
11: Charles Leadbeater: The Socially Entrepreneurial City
12: Alex Jacobs: Helping People is Difficult: Growth and Performance in Social Enterprises Working for International Relief and Development
13: Gordon M. Bloom: The Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE Lab): A University Incubator for a Rising Generation of Social Entrepreneurs
Part IV: New Directions
14: Sally Osberg: Wayfinding without a Compass: Philanthropy's Changing Landscape and its Implications for Social Entrepreneurs
15: Pamela Hartigan: Delivering on the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship: Challenges Faced in Launching a Global Social Capital Market
16: Jerr Boschee: Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils
17: Jed Emerson: Moving Ahead Together: Implications of a Blended Value Framework for the Future of Social Entrepreneurship
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