Sheila Cannon, Concepción Galdón

Promise, Pitfalls, and Potential of Social Entrepreneurship (eBook, ePUB)

Positive Change Unleashed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, the authors argue that social enterprise is surrounded by great promise, and that this high expectation has contributed to its pitfalls, setting social enterprise out as separate and different from other kinds of business, public service provision, and nonprofit organising for social benefit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040050217
• Artikelnr.: 70265462

Autorenporträt

Sheila Cannon is Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is Director of Engagement at the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation. She publishes research on and teaches about the third sector including social enterprises, nonprofits, and civil society organisations. Her research contributes to knowledge on how organisations influence and respond to sociocultural change. She worked in peacebuilding for 12 years in southeast Europe and Northern Ireland and is chair of the board of the social enterprise, Shuttle Knit. She has a bachelor's degree in Ancient Greek from Vassar College, New York.

Concepción Galdón is IE Business School's Vice-Dean for Business with Purpose and Director of IE Foundation's Center for Social Innovation and Sustainability. Concepción teaches sustainable business, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable innovation and technology. Concepción is also president of the social venture Puentes Global, which she co-founded in 2009 and has collaborated in several civil society initiatives aimed at fostering business with purpose. Concepción is an economist at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She holds a Master in Public Administration and International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD in International Economy and Development from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1. The Promise
Chapter 1: The Historical Emergence of Social Enterprise
Chapter 2: How Every Sector Got So Excited about Social Enterprise: The
Four Failure Theory
Chapter 3: Levers of Positive Change
Part 2. The Pitfalls
Chapter 4: Social Entrepreneurship beyond Heroism: Managing Self and Others
under Emotional Stress
Chapter 5: Impact - the Trend, the Pressure, and the Reality of Social
Change
Chapter 6: Scaling Wisely: Making Choices That Prioritise Impact
Chapter 7: Ecosystems, Somewhat Unstitched
Part 3. The Potential
Chapter 8: Social Value Creators: Accepting Vulnerability and Nurturing
Well-Being for Impact
Chapter 9: From Reporting to Revolution: Choosing Your Social Impact Lens
Chapter 10: Scaling Creatively: Thinking Outside the Toolbox
Chapter 11: Bringing Ecosystems Together
Conclusion: The Real Promise, as We See It