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1 online resource (217 pages). |
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text file |
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Response Books
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 -- From Corporate Social Responsibility to Global Social Entrepreneurship; 2 -- Defining Metrics for Social Impact; 3 -- Selecting and Setting Corporate Sustainability Measurements; 4 -- Lessons from Working with the Government of India: The Story of Pratham; 5 -- Social Entrepreneurship across National Boundaries; 6 -- The Evolution of Ubuntu at Work: Helping Women Micro Entrepreneurs Escape the Poverty Trap; 7 -- Social Entrepreneurship in a Traditionally Profit-centered Industry. |
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8 -- Environmental SustainabilityManaging Stakeholders through Education9 -- The Clean Technology Industry: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability; 10 -- Greening the Built Environment; 11 -- Developing Green Innovation: DeCopier Paper Cleaning Products; 12 -- New Beginnings in Age-old Philosophies; About the Editors and Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
In this age of global economic crises, the need to renew our commitment to social issues becomes even more urgent. Reduction in public and private spending on social programmes throws up further challenges for the sustenance of development efforts. The book advocates countering this trend through "global social entrepreneurship" and the use of innovative, inexpensive and locally customized solutions. Using in-depth and contemporary case studies, the book demonstrates how to define, measure, and achieve socially and environmentally sustainable growth. The book inspires social entrepreneurs to b. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social responsibility of business.
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Social responsibility of business. |
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Social entrepreneurship.
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Social entrepreneurship. |
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Corporations -- Environmental aspects.
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Corporations -- Environmental aspects. |
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Corporations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shastri, Vanita.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Banerjee, Preeta M. Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability in Business : How Organizations Handle Profits and Social Duties. New Delhi : SAGE India, ©2010 9788132104643 |
| ISBN |
9788132106098 |
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8132106091 |
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