Social Entrepreneurship Books

New and Published Books

1. Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy

   Models, Approaches and Prospects for Economic Development

   Edited by Mai Thi Thanh Thai, Ekaterina Turkina

   Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship

   Although entrepreneurship in the informal economy occurs outside state regulatory systems, informal commercial activities account for an estimated 30% of economic activity around the world. Informal entrepreneurship goes unmonitored despite the fact that it significantly contributes to poverty...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

   By Kenneth Amaeshi, Paul Nnodim, Osuji Onyeka

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics

   Despite its recent popularity in literature, theory, and practice, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) remains a vague concept that struggles to define itself beyond the confines of corporate philanthropy or sustainability. In some circles, it is a response to the present and anticipated climate...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. Fair Trade Organizations and Social Enterprise

   Social Innovation through Hybrid Organization Models

   By Benjamin Huybrechts

   Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

   For several decades, social enterprises have been pioneers in the conception and implementation of a pathbreaking social innovation: Fair Trade (FT). Fair Trade Social Enterprises have created a movement which has challenged mainstream trading practices and offered development opportunities for...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Enacting Regional Dynamics and Entrepreneurship

   Bridging the Territorial and Functional Rationales

   Edited by Bengt Johannisson, Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand

   In present digital times the focus is on globalization and the dynamics and complexities that it creates. However, in spite of being dominated by technology the world remains populated by human beings practising a localized everyday life. This contrast should challenge every researcher who is...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Understanding Social Entrepreneurship

   The Relentless Pursuit of Mission in an Ever Changing World

   By Jill Kickul, Thomas Lyons

   Social entrepreneurship involves the application of business practices to the pursuit of social and/or environmental mission. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools and techniques of entrepreneurship to the social sector, yielding innovative solutions to the vexing problems facing...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion

   The Role of Small Business in Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities

   By Alan Southern

   Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship

   There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream...

   Published April 24th 2011 by Routledge
7. Effectual Entrepreneurship

   By Stuart Read, Saras Sarasvathy, Nick Dew, Robert Wiltbank, Anne-Valérie Ohlsson

   What are you waiting for? Whether you’re dreaming about starting a business, learning about entrepreneurship, or on the brink of creating a new opportunity right now, don’t wait. Open this book. Inside you will find everything you need. This book contains: a vivid new way to learn about...

   Published December 9th 2010 by Routledge
8. Social Entrepreneurship

   How to Start Successful Corporate Social Responsibility and Community-Based Initiatives for Advocacy and Change

   By Manuel London, Richard G. Morfopoulos

   What motivates someone to become a social entrepreneur? What are the competencies needed to be effective social advocates and agents for change? This book answers these questions in an accessible and practical way, providing comprehensive guidelines, numerous examples, and sources of information...

   Published November 19th 2009 by Routledge
9. The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise

   An Entrepreneurial Analysis of Small Firm Inception and Growth

   By Gavin Reid

   Series: Routledge Studies in Small Business

   This volume is an excellent addition to Routledge’s Studies in Small Business series. In this extended and novel entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth, a leading authority in the field develops a new kind of ‘micro-micro’ analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics...

   Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
10. Social Enterprise

    At the Crossroads of Market, Public Policies and Civil Society

    Edited by Marthe Nyssens

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

    In one of its previous books, the EMES European Research Network traced the most significant developments in 'social entrepreneurship' emerging inside the third sector in Europe. Building upon that seminal work, this volume presents the results of an extensive research project carried out over...

    Published September 10th 2006 by Routledge