The search for social entrepreneurship /
By: Light, Paul Charles
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.Description: xiii, 295 p. : ill ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780815752103 (cloth : alk. paper); 0815752105 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780815752110 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0815752113 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Social entrepreneurship | Nonprofit organizations -- ManagementDDC classification: 658/.048 Online resources: Location Map
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"Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents research on high-performing nonprofits, exploring how they differ across the four key components. Offers recommendations for future action and research in this burgeoning field"--Provided by publisher.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 658.048 LI SE (Browse shelf) | Available | T0034960 |
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| 658.048 HA ND Handbook of research on nonprofit economics and management / | 658.048 JE MA Managerial economics of non-profit organizations / | 658.048 LA ME Meeting funder compliance : | 658.048 LI SE The search for social entrepreneurship / | 658.048 SO CI Social innovation and impact in nonprofit leadership / | 658.048 VA MA Managing nonprofit organizations in a policy world / | 658.048 WO NO Nonprofit management : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.
Declaring assumptions -- Building sites -- Creating strategies -- Exploring the evidence -- Selecting cases -- Comparing activity -- Drawing conclusions.
"Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents research on high-performing nonprofits, exploring how they differ across the four key components. Offers recommendations for future action and research in this burgeoning field"--Provided by publisher.