Scaling Social Impact : New Thinking

by Bloom, Paul N.; Skloot, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780230104372
• ISBN10: 0230104371
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Many social entrepreneurs struggle to take successful, innovative programs that address social problems a local or limited basis and scale them up to expand their impact in a more widespread, deeper, and efficient way. The editors address this issue with a comprehensive collection of original papers written by leading scholars that offers the latest thinking about how to scale social impact successfully.

Author Biography

Paul N. Bloom is Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing in the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, where he also serves as the Center's Faculty Director. He is the author of many books, including Knowledge Development in Marketing and The Handbook of Marketing and Society. Edward Skloot is Founding Director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society and Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Terry Sanford School of Public Policy of Duke University. He was principal author and editor of The Nonprofit Entrepreneur, and a collection of speeches and articles, Beyond the Money: Reflections on Philanthropy, the Nonprofit Sector and Civil Life, 1999-2006. He serves on the boards of Venture Philanthropy Partners, Citizen Schools, and other social/entrepreneurial organizations.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword: From Scaling Organizations to Scaling Impact	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Framing the Issues
Identifying the Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Impact: An Exploratory Empirical Study	p. 11
To Control or Not Control: A Coordination Perspective to Scaling	p. 29
The Pros and Cons of Scaling
Enamored with Scale: Scaling with Limited Impact in the Microfinance Industry	p. 47
Playing the Field: Implications of Scale in the California Charter School Movement	p. 65
Cultivating Ecosystem Alliances and Networks
From Enterprise to Ecosystem: Rebooting the Scale Debate	p. 83
Moving from Loose Global Associations to Linked Geographic Networks	p. 103
Whose Change are We Talking About? When Multiple Parties and Multiple Agendas Collide	p. 127
Scaling Social Innovations: The Case of Gram Vikas	p. 147
Communicating and Branding
Communications Strategies for Scaling Health-Focused Social Entrepreneurial Organizations	p. 169
Scaling Social Impact through Branding Social Causes	p. 189
Guiding Funders and Supporters
Harnessing Capital Markets to Promote Social Entrepreneurship	p. 207
Methodological Issues and Challenges in Conducting Social Impact Evaluations	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 251
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