Social Entrepreneurship
New Models of Sustainable Social Change
ISBN13: 9780199283873ISBN10: 0199283877
Hardback,
480 pages
Dec 2006,
In Stock
Price:
$125.00 (06)Description
This study examines "Social Entrepreneurship," 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.Features
- Examines the phenomenon of 'social entrepreneurship' as practised by grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations
- Seeks to address the ambiguity around the term 'social entrepreneurship' and develop clear frameworks to understand it
- International focus
- Contributions from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners of social entrepreneurship, including Muhammad Yunus, Geoff Mulgan, and Bill Drayton
- Preface by Jeff Skoll, founder of eBay
About the Author(s)
Edited by Alex Nicholls, University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, Oxford University
