The editors of this book have put together a volume that advances
research on and deepens the understanding of social
entrepreneurship in a number of ways. First, the volume offers a
model of social entrepreneurship that bridges economics and
sociology. Second, the approach taken expands our understanding of
the broader phenomenon without compromising attention to detail.
Third, the book also illustrates the usefulness of action research
as a means of simultaneously intervening to create social and
economic value and collecting data to test theory. All in all, this
book represents an excellent resource for scholars; the literature
review alone is worth acquiring it, let alone the other sections on
social exchange theory, action research methodology, and
philanthropic finance. Because of its practice orientation, this
book is also a good resource for policy makers who want fresh
thinking and evidence-based approaches to policy.' - Gideon D.
Markman, Colorado State University, US'Social entrepreneurship has
emerged as an academic field, due to growing interest among
students, academics, and policymakers in understanding the
antecedents and consequences of these activities. Unfortunately,
there has been no comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art
theoretical and empirical research on this topic. This timely and
important book fills this gap, by effectively synthesizing the
burgeoning interdisciplinary literature on social entrepreneurship.
Given growing interest in social entrepreneurship, the usefulness
of this book to academics, entrepreneurs, and policymakers will not
diminish over time.' - Donald S. Siegel, University at Albany,
SUNY, US Scholars and policy makers have long recognized
entrepreneurship as a powerful engine of economic growth. There is
clear evidence, however, that when it comes to social
entrepreneurship, policy attention has not been matched by growth
in scholarly research. This volume illustrates the type of
empirical effort that must take place for the field to advance. The
authors review the latest research in the field and then address
the many challenges - heterogeneous institutions, geographies and
cultures, fast evolving practices, the lack of reliable large
datasets, and fragmented theory building that have hampered the
development of this research. In many ways, the fundamental
questions relating to the rationale and definitions of social
entrepreneurship are still very much a work in progress. The main
characteristics emerging from the theoretical and empirical
discussions in this volume exemplify such complexity. This volume
will inspire future researchers to pursue cross-disciplinary theory
building, with the aim of building on what we already know and
resolving what remains controversial. It will also help researchers
think creatively about how their work can inform practice and
policy making through the initial design of the research model.
This book offers an empirical approach to social entrepreneurship,
that researchers, students and policy makers will find invaluable.
Contributors: A.-K. Achleitner, N. Auch, H. Aygoeren, S. Bacq, A.V.
Bruno, J.F.G. Bunders, E.D. Carlson, J.E. Clarkin, P. Heister, J.R.
Kickul, A. Kroeger, K. Lambrich, S.H. Lee, J. Maas, M. Meyskens, M.
Nordqvist, P.H. Phan, A.A. Seferiadis, W. Spiess-Knafl, C. Weber,
J.L. Woolley, M.B.M. Zweekhorst
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