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Understanding Social Entrepreneurship is the leading textbook that provides students with a comprehensive overview of the field. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools, and techniques of entrepreneurship into the social sector to present innovative solutions to today's vexing social issues.
List of contents
List of Figures and Tables
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Defining and Distinguishing Social Entrepreneurship
Chapter 3 Recognizing Social Opportunities
Chapter 4 Designing and Modelling A Social Venture
Chapter 5 Developing a Strategic Plan for a Social Venture
Chapter 6 Organizational Structure
Chapter 7 Funding Social Ventures
Chapter 8 Measuring Social Impact
Chapter 9 Scaling the Social Venture
Chapter 10 Social Intrapreneurship
Chapter 11 Social Entrepreneurship and Environmental Sustainability
Chapter 12 The Social Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem
Chapter 13 Social Entrepreneurship Models in Developing Countries
Chapter 14 The Future of Social Entrepreneurship
Index
About the author
Jill Kickul holds the Narayan Research Directorship in Social Entrepreneurship in the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab and is Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship in the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA. She teaches courses in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and social impact strategies. She has published more than one hundred journal articles and books on the subject of entrepreneurship.
Thomas S. Lyons is the Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA. He has expertise in the following subjects: entrepreneurship, economic development, strategic planning, and public–private partnerships. He is co-author or editor of fourteen books and has published over sixty articles and papers in scholarly outlets on entrepreneurial and economic strategy.
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Understanding Social Entrepreneurship is the leading textbook that provides students with a comprehensive overview of the field. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools, and techniques of entrepreneurship into the social sector to present innovative solutions to today’s vexing social issues.
