The Search for Social Entrepreneurship

by Light, Paul C.

• ISBN13: 9780815752103
• ISBN10: 0815752105
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

"The book examines the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs themselves. The copious information available about each has yet to be fully mined for lessons on social entrepreneurship. Light introduces the notion that these elements can be treated as separate, yet interactive, components of social entrepreneurship, and he considers strategies for making them more effective. A subsequent section draws on Light's original survey research on 131 high-performing nonprofits, exploring how they differ across the four key components."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and a nonresident fellow with the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

Declaring Assumptions	p. 1
Building Sites	p. 30
Creating Strategies	p. 52
Exploring the Evidence	p. 88
Selecting Cases	p. 144
Comparing Activity	p. 169
Drawing Conclusions	p. 196
Mission and Purpose Statements from the Sample of Highly, Moderately, and Not-Too Entrepreneurial Social Benefit Organizations	p. 219
The 2006 Survey Questionnaire and Responses	p. 239
Differences between Highly and Not-Too Entrepreneurial Organizations in the 2001 and 2006 Surveys	p. 259
References	p. 265
Further Reading	p. 277
Index	p. 283
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