Social Entrepreneurship New Models of Sustainable Social Change

by Nicholls, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780199283873
• ISBN10: 0199283877
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Social Entrepreneurship" is a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways. Themed around the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact, Social Entrepreneurship offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Together they seek to clarify some of the ambiguity around this term, describe a range of social entrepreneurship projects, and establish a clear set of frameworks with which to understand it. Included in the volume are contributions from Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and the father of microfinance, Geoff Mulgan, former head of the British prime minister's policy unit, and Bill Drayton, founder of the Ashoka network of social entrepreneurs. Jeff Skoll, founder of the Skoll Foundation, and first president of eBay, provides a preface. Alex Nicholls provides a substantial new preface to this paperback edition, reflecting on the latest developments in the study and practice of social entrepreneurship.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xiv
Abbreviations	xv
About the Authors	xix
Introduction	1
Alex Nicholls
Part I. New Perspectives	37
1. Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution	39
Muhammad Yunus
2. The Citizen Sector Transformed	45
Bill Drayton
3. For What It Is Worth: Social Value and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship	56
Rowena Young
4. Cultivating the Other Invisible Hand of Social Entrepreneurship: Comparative Advantage, Public Policy, and Future Research Priorities	74
Geoff Mulgan
Part II. New Theories	97
5. Social Entrepreneurship: The Structuration of a Field	99
Alex Nicholls and Albert Hyunbae Cho
6. Social Entrepreneurship: Agency in a Globalizing World	119
Paola Grenier
7. Rhetoric, Reality, and Research: Building a Solid Foundation for the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship	144
Beth Battle Anderson and J. Gregory Dees
8. Social Entrepreneurship: It Is for Corporations, Too	169
James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei-Skillern
9. Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring a Cultural Mode Amidst Others in the Church of England	181
Doug Foster
Part III. New Models	203
10. Social Enterprise Models and Their Mission and Money Relationships	205
Sutia Kim Alter
11. The Socially Entrepreneurial City	233
Charles Leadbeater
12. Helping People Is Difficult: Growth and Performance in Social Enterprises Working for International Relief and Development	247
Alex Jacobs
13. The Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE Lab): A University Incubator for a Rising Generation of Social Entrepreneurs	270
Gordon M. Bloom
Part IV. New Directions	307
14. Wayfinding Without a Compass: Philanthropy's Changing Landscape and Its Implications for Social Entrepreneurs	309
Sally Osberg
15. Delivering on the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship: Challenges Faced in Launching a Global Social Capital Market	329
Pamela Hartigan
16. Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils	356
Jerr Boschee
17. Moving Ahead Together: Implications of a Blended Value Framework for the Future of Social Entrepreneurship	391
Jed Emerson
Endnote	407
Alex Nicholls
Bibliography	413
Index	431