Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change

by Alex Nicholls

Overview

"Social Entrepreneurship" is 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.

Themed around the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact, Social Entrepreneurship offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Together they seek to clarify some of the ambiguity around this term, describe a range of social entrepreneurship projects, and establish a clear set of frameworks with which to understand it.

Included in the volume are contributions from Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and the father of microfinance, Geoff Mulgan, former head of the British prime minister's policy unit, and Bill Drayton, founder of the Ashoka network of social entrepreneurs. Jeff Skoll, founder of the Skoll Foundation, and first president of eBay, provides a preface. Alex Nicholls provides a substantial new preface to this paperback edition, reflecting on the latest developments in the study and practice of social entrepreneurship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199283880
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	05/15/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. Alex Nicholls originally trained in medieval hagiography and lexicography, but has more recently converted a lifelong passion for social justice and societal innovation into an academic focus on social entrepreneurship. As a writer, researcher, and consultant, he has been actively involved with social entrepreneurs for more than ten years. Nicholls has published a major research book on Fair Trade as well as a range of academic journal articles on the relationship between business, society, and social innovation. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and policy workshops. Having previously held posts at four other universities, Nicholls is currently the University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at the Skoll Centre for

Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford, where he leads the development of several research projects and teaches a range of social entrepreneurship courses.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xxviii

List of Figures xxix

List of Tables xxxii

Abbreviations xxxiii

About the Authors xxxvii

Foreword xlix

Introduction Alex Nicholls 1

Part I New Perspectives 37

1 Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution Muhammad Yunus 39

2 The Citizen Sector Transformed Bill Drayton 45

3 For What It Is Worth: Social Value and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship Rowena Young 56

4 Cultivating the Other Invisible Hand of Social Entrepreneurship: Comparative Advantage, Public Policy, and Future Research Priorities Geoff Mulgan 74

Part II New Theories 97

5 Social Entrepreneurship: The Structuration of a Field Alex Nicholls Albert Hyunbae Cho 99

6 Social Entrepreneurship: Agency in a Globalizing World Paola Grenier 119

7 Rhetoric, Reality, and Research: Building a Solid Foundation for the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship Beth Battle Anderson J. Gregory Dees 144

8 Social Entrepreneurship: It Is for Corporations, Too James E. Austin Herman B. Leonard Ezequiel Reficco Jane Wei-Skillem 169

9 Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring a Cultural Mode Amidst Others in the Church of England Doug Foster 181

Part III New Models 203

10 Social Enterprise Models and Their Mission and Money Relationships Sutia Kim Alter 205

11 The Socially Entrepreneurial City Charles Leadbealer 233

12 Helping People Is Difficult: Growth and Performance in Social Enterprises Working for International Relief and Development Alex Jacobs 247

13 The Social Entrepreneurship Collaborator (SE Lab): A University Incubator for a Rising Generation of Social Entrepreneurs Gordon M. Bloom 270

Part IV New Directions 307

14 Wayfinding Without aCompass: Philanthropy's Changing Landscape and Its Implications for Social Entrepreneurs Sally Osberg 309

15 Delivering on the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship: Challenges Faced in Launching a Global Social Capital Market Pamela Hartigan 329

16 Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils Jen Boschee 356

17 Moving Ahead Together: Implications of a Blended Value Framework for the Future of Social Entrepreneurship Jed Emerson 391

Endnote Alex Nicholls 407

Bibliography 413

Index 435