Light, Paul Charles.

The search for social entrepreneurship / Paul C. Light. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008. - xiii, 295 p. : ill ; 23 cm.



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.

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Social entrepreneurship.
Nonprofit organizations--Management.

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