Social Entrepreneurs
Can They Change the World?
2nd Edition
Published on 16. September 2017
288 pages
978-1-137-52008-1 (ISBN)
Description
This core adoptable textbook equips students with the tools needed to create and manage a successful social enterprise and provides an excellent balance between theory and practice. Taking a highly engaging and focused approach, Social Entrepreneurs explores what it takes for entrepreneurs to translate their ambition and vision into an organisation that is targeted and socially meaningful. This new second edition shows how theories, models and concepts within entrepreneurship, business strategy and international marketing can be adapted to create high-impact social ventures that will deliver both positive impact and commercial success.Written by a team of experienced instructors and researchers, Social Entrepreneurs is ideal for students taking social entrepreneurship and social enterprise modules at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level.? This textbook is also an essential companion for existing ventures to scale up and increase social impact locally, nationally or internationally.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-137-52008-1 (9781137520081)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2017
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€44.93
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Minicases
- About the Authors
- Preface
- An Introduction to the High-impact Social Venture
- Changes in the Second Edition
- What do we Mean by a "High-Impact" Venture that can Change the World?
- Shattering the Glass Ceiling
- Companion Text
- How this Book Works
- Theme 1: Social Enterprises, Social Entrepreneurs and Social Ventures
- 1 What Makes a Social Venture Special?
- Learning Outcomes
- What is a Social Enterprise?
- The Characteristics of Social Enterprises
- The Contribution of Social Enterprises
- Summary: Perspectives on Social Enterprises
- Suggested Readings
- 2 The Nature of Social Entrepreneurs
- Learning Outcomes
- What is a Social Entrepreneur?
- Social Entrepreneurs and Growth Ambitions
- Attributes of a Social Entrepreneur
- Summary: The Nature of the Social Entrepreneur
- 3 Starting a Social Venture
- Learning Outcomes
- Social Drivers: Stakeholders
- Social Ventures and Start-Up
- Balancing Vision and Risk
- Summary: Perspectives on Starting a Social Venture
- Supplemental: The Start-Up Business Plan
- Theme 2: Developing a High-Impact Social Venture
- 4 Marketing for a Social Venture
- Learning Outcomes
- The "Strategic" Part of Social Marketing
- Adaptive Marketing for Social Ventures
- Ethics and Governance
- Summary: Marketing for Social Ventures
- 5 Social Venture Income Streams
- Learning Outcomes
- Balancing income and Purpose
- Creating Value for Stakeholders
- Funding Options
- Summary: Building a Sustainable Business Model for Today and Tomorrow
- 6 Thinking Internationally
- Learning Outcomes
- International Perspectives on Growth
- Internationalization and Opportunities for Social Ventures
- International Collaboration
- Summary: Thinking Internationally
- Theme 3: Building a High-Impact Social Venture
- 7 Disruptive Thinking, Creativity and Social Innovation
- Learning Outcomes
- Key topics
- Summary: Disruptive Thinking, Creativity and Social Innovation
- 8 Scaling up for Success
- Learning Outcomes
- Managing the Vision
- Defining Success
- Learning to Scale up a Social Venture
- Summary: Scaling up a Social Venture
- 9 Assessing Impact
- Learning Outcomes
- Strategic Thinking
- Measures Of Performance
- High-Impact and High-Growth Social Ventures
- Summary: Assessing Impacts
- Postscript
- References
- Index
