1st Edition

Social Enterprise Cases and Analysis for Understanding Social Business

By Malcolm Harper, Nadiya Parekh Copyright 2022
200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book introduces students and others to the discipline of social entrepreneurship, which encourages the creation of enterprises that are socially inclusive yet economically and ecologically sustainable. In each chapter there is a mix of case studies about internationally well-known enterprises and other more local enterprises which are totally new. The book leads its readers to understand... Read more

1. What enterprises are really social?

2. Mixing Making Profits and Doing Good

3. Profits can be Social

4. Social Aims and Social Deeds

5. Impact Investment

6. Emerging Models and Confusing Solutions

7. The Need for Innovation

8. Impact Assessment

 9. Legal Structure Choices

10. The Social Enterprise Life Cycle

11. The Way Ahead

Biography

Malcolm Harper is Emeritus Professor of Enterprise Development at the Cranfield School of Management, UK.

Nadiya Parekh is Assistant Professor of Management and Social Entrepreneurship at Sonoma State University, California, USA.