[PDF] Promise Pitfalls And Potential Of Social Entrepreneurship eBook

Author : Sheila Cannon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2024-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1040050190

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This book dives into the heart of social entrepreneurship as the authors share the latest research, global experiences, authentic private conversations, and diverse narratives around this widely popular concept. The idea and practice of social entrepreneurship has swept the world, taken up with enthusiasm by business leaders, nonprofit practitioners, and public policy makers alike. In this book, the authors argue that social entrepreneurship is surrounded by great promise, and that this high expectation has contributed to its pitfalls, setting it out as separate and different from other kinds of nonprofit organising, public service provision, and business for social benefit. After exploring the problem of inflated expectations, the authors rescue the concept from perfection – overly positive normative judgements – by presenting practical ways forward. The book sets out how to really unleash the power of social entrepreneurship so that it can actually deliver on its promise to improve how we organise for social purpose. This potential revolves around four key themes that are levers for social change: innovative individuals, social impact, scaling social enterprises, and the power of ecosystems. Through these themes, the book covers a wide range of approaches to social enterprise illustrated by specific examples and experiences from five continents. This accessible book is a valuable resource for a variety of practitioners, upper-level students, instructors, and business scholars, particularly those with an interest in social/environmental impact, entrepreneurship, business ethics, sustainable business, ESG and CSR.

Author : Sheila Cannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,62 MB
Release : 2024-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781032519975

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In this book, the authors argue that social enterprise is surrounded by great promise, and that this high expectation has contributed to its pitfalls, setting social enterprise out as separate and different from other kinds of business, public service provision, and nonprofit organising for social benefit.

Author : Anica Zeyen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315114170

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Social entrepreneurs are change makers that aim to solve society's unsolved problems. Not surprisingly, social entrepreneurship has thus created high expectations. To better understand the potential as well as the limitations of social entrepreneurship, however, a more nuanced approach is needed in two ways. First, social entrepreneurship is a multi-level phenomenon. It spans macro-level questions as well as meso-level questions and, finally, micro-level questions. If we really want to understand social entrepreneurship, we need to bring together all three levels of analysis and see how they are connected. Second, while social entrepreneurship can certainly produce socially desirable outcomes, we also need a critical perspective to capture potential undesirable effects that social entrepreneurship can cause, often unintendedly, in society, in markets, in organizations, and for individuals. To this end, an ethical perspective can help complement the positive analysis of social entrepreneurship with a discussion of the normative implications of its potential "dark side". Looking at social entrepreneurship from both a multi-level analysis and an ethical perspective, Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics takes the reader on a journey through the "bright side" as well as the potential "dark side" of social entrepreneurship for societies, organizations, and individuals. Highlighting both, this book not only seeks to provoke researchers and students to advance their understanding of social entrepreneurship. It also hopes to help practitioners to better realize the positive contributions of social entrepreneurship for society.

Author : Jill Rennert
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 2013
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Through creative innovation, opportunism and other entrepreneurial tools, “social entrepreneurship” ventures advance their social objectives. A prevailing concept of “social entrepreneurship” - for-profit ventures that interweave money-generating and social goals - is changing the traditional corporate landscape.

Author : Marin Lujak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3030172945

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This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Agreement Technologies, AT 2018, held in Bergen, Norway, in December 2018. The 11 full papers and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 28 submissions. The papers discuss new ideas and techniques for the design, implementation and verification of next generation open distributed systems centered on the notion of agreement among computational agents. They are organized in the following topical sections: AT foundations and modelling of reasoning agents; argumentation and negotiation; coordination in open distributed systems with applications.

Author : Jennie C. Stephens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107047285

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This book explores smart grid from a social perspective, for advanced students, academic researchers, and energy professionals.

Author : Steven G. Rogelberg
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1923 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1483386880

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The well-received first edition of the Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2007, 2 vols) established itself in the academic library market as a landmark reference that presents a thorough overview of this cross-disciplinary field for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources. Nearly ten years later, SAGE presents a thorough revision that both updates current entries and expands the overall coverage, adding approximately 200 new articles, expanding from two volumes to four. Examining key themes and topics from within this dynamic and expanding field of psychology, this work offers a truly cross-cultural and global perspective.

Author : L. Meghan Mahoney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 34,58 MB
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 153811531X

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The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Media Management and Business connects research and industry practice to offer a strategic guide for aspiring and current media professionals in convergent environments. As a comprehensive one-stop reference for understanding business issues that drive the production and distribution of content that informs, entertains, and persuades audiences, aims to inspire and inform forward-thinking media management leaders. The handbook examines media management and business through a convergent media approach, rather than focusing on medium-specific strategies. By reflecting media management issues in the information, entertainment, sports, gaming industries, contributed chapters explore the unique opportunities and challenges brought by media convergence, while highlighting the fundamental philosophy, concepts, and practices unchanged in such a dynamic environment. this handbook examines media management through a global perspective, and encourages readers to connect their own diverse development to a broader global context. It is an important addition to the growing literature in media management, with a focus on new media technologies, business management, and internationalization.

Author : Guillermo C. Jimenez
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Social responsibility of business
ISBN :

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"This textbook provides an innovative, internationally oriented approach to the teaching of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics. Drawing on case studies involving companies and countries around the world, the textbook explores the social, ethical, and business dynamics underlying CSR in such areas as global warming, genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food production, free trade and fair trade, anti-sweatshop and living-wage movements, organic foods and textiles, ethical marketing practices and codes, corporate speech and lobbying, and social enterprise. The book is designed to encourage students and instructors to challenge their own assumptions and prejudices by stimulating a class debate based on each case study"--Provided by publisher.