"The emerging field of social entrepreneurship has been crying out
for a definitive textbook. With clarity, insight, and a strong
practical orientation, the authors of Entrepreneurship in the
Social Sector have set the gold standard for many years to come."
-Professor J. Gregory Dees, Duke University, Co-author of
Enterprising Nonprofits and Strategic Tools for Social
Entrepreneurs "The past thirty years have witnessed a remarkable
revolution in which entrepreneurs - people like Bob Swanson at
Genentech, Steve Jobs at Apple, and Meg Whitman at eBay - have
transformed the business landscape around the world. A parallel
revolution of at least equal importance has taken place in the
social sector in which tens of thousands of organizations have been
created with social missions ranging from curing disease to
improving education to alleviating global warming. But, how do
these social ventures get going? How do they attract capital to
launch and grow? How do they measure their performance? In short,
how do they accomplish their mission? In Entrepreneurship in the
Social Sector, Jane Wei-Skillern, James Austin, Herman Leonard, and
Howard Stevenson provide insights into these issues by combining
powerful frameworks for decision-making with detailed case studies
on important social ventures. The book is helpful to those
launching or managing such organizations and to those who support
their efforts through donations and board membership. Society needs
these ventures to succeed - all involved would benefit from reading
this book."
-William A. Sahlman, Harvard Business School
"This is so much more than a casebook! Entrepreneurship in the
Social Sector offers a grounded and insightfulconceptualization of
the key challenges and fundamental processes of social
entrepreneurship. It also presents practical frameworks for
analyzing both, across a wide range of organizations. This book
should be on the shelf of every aspiring and successful social
entrepreneur."
-James A. Phills, Jr., Stanford Graduate School of Business, and
author of Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit
Organizations
Written for students and practitioners, this unique text, with
Harvard cases, provides detailed analysis and frameworks for
achieving maximum impact through social entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an
in depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the
social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer
tools to develop the knowledge to pursue social entrepreneurship
more strategically and achieve mission impact more efficiently,
effectively, and sustainably.
Key Features"Spans a range of social enterprise activity:
Examples are included across multiple and varied contexts from the
nonprofit, business, and government sectors."Offers"" Harvard
Business School"" case studies: " Through these cases, the critical
components of social entrepreneurship are addressed including
start-up, funding, growth, alliances and collaboration, and
performance measurement."Presents cutting edge social enterprise
research: " Detailed analysis and frameworks introduce the key
themes and ideas that are illustrated through the cases at the end
of each chapter."Provides US and international coverage: " Since
social entrepreneurship is a growing field in the US and abroad, a
number of case studies set in internationalsettings are
included."
Intended AudienceThe text is designed as a core or supplementary
text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Social
Entrepreneurship or Non-Profit Entrepreneurship in the departments
of business, management, marketing, and public policy.
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