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Entrepreneurship in the social sector

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks Sage Publications 2007Description: xiii, 407 p.: ill. Includes references and indexISBN:
  • 9781412951371
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361 W3E6
Summary: This unique text, with Harvard cases, provides detailed analysis and frameworks for achieving maximum impact through social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to develop the knowledge to pursue social entrepreneurship more strategically and achieve mission impact more efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. This book spans a range of social enterprise activity: Examples are included across multiple and varied contexts from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors; Offers Harvard Business School case studies: Through these cases, the critical components of social entrepreneurship are addressed including start-up, funding, growth, alliances, and collaboration, and performance measurement; Presents cutting edge social enterprise research: Detailed analysis and frameworks introduce the key themes and ideas that are illustrated through the cases at the end of each chapter; Provides the US and international coverage: Since social entrepreneurship is a growing field in the US and abroad, a number of case studies set in international settings are included. https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/entrepreneurship-in-the-social-sector/book230730
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Table of contents

Social entrepreneurship: need and opportunity
The social entrepreneurship process
Navigating the philanthropic labyrinth
Earning your own way
Crafting alliances
Managing growth
Performance management for entrepreneurial organizations

This unique text, with Harvard cases, provides detailed analysis and frameworks for achieving maximum impact through social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to develop the knowledge to pursue social entrepreneurship more strategically and achieve mission impact more efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. This book spans a range of social enterprise activity: Examples are included across multiple and varied contexts from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors; Offers Harvard Business School case studies: Through these cases, the critical components of social entrepreneurship are addressed including start-up, funding, growth, alliances, and collaboration, and performance measurement; Presents cutting edge social enterprise research: Detailed analysis and frameworks introduce the key themes and ideas that are illustrated through the cases at the end of each chapter; Provides the US and international coverage: Since social entrepreneurship is a growing field in the US and abroad, a number of case studies set in international settings are included.

https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/entrepreneurship-in-the-social-sector/book230730

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