Social Entrepreneurship
By: London, Manuel (Author), Morfopoulos, Richard G. (Author).
Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 15/02/2010. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
What motivates someone to become a social entrepreneur? What are the competencies needed to be effective social advocates and agents for change? This book answers these questions in an accessible and practical way, providing comprehensive guidelines, numerous examples, and sources of information and training for anyone who wants to start a community-based social advocacy and change initiative or for employees who want to start a corporate social responsibility initiative.
Features include the following:
- Examples of individuals and organizations who have learned from successes and failures in social entrepreneurship
- Self-assessments to help readers evaluate their own talents and proclivity to be social entrepreneurs;
- Steps and strategies, competency-building activities, and assessments to evaluate and facilitate initiatives;
- Resources available from foundations, government agencies, and other sources for the budding social entrepreneur.
Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0415801281/9780415801287
TITLE: Social Entrepreneurship
CONTRIBUTORS: London, Manuel (Author), Morfopoulos, Richard G. (Author)
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 15/02/2010
SUBJECT: Business, Industry & Management, Society, Entrepreneurship, Welfare
PAGES: 240
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 17 black & white tables
CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship 2. What Motivates a Social Entrepreneur 3. Competencies for Social Action 4. Steps and Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship 5. Developing High Performing Social Action Teams 6. Overcoming Barriers and Facilitating Social Entrepreneurship 7. Evaluating Success: Measures of Social Performance 8. Learning Resources
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