| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship
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Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.
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| Note |
Novinka. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: CONCEPTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROBLEM SOLVING ; Summary; Introduction; Social Entrepreneurship: Application of Business Principles; Market Mechanisms; Joining "Social" Aims to "Entrepreneurial" Behavior; What Do Social Entrepreneurs Do?; Defining Social Entrepreneurship; Competing Approaches: How Useful Are They?; Case Studies; Education-Teach for America34; Foreign Policy-Middle Eastern Youth; Economic Opportunity-Delancey Street Foundation; Impact and Analysis; Issues for Congress. |
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Legislative HistoryThe Social Innovation Fund; Other Legislation; Legislative Options; Issues for further Analysis; End Notes; Chapter 2 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GOVERNMENT: A NEW BREED OF ENTREPRENEURS DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS; Synopsis; Introduction. Social Entrepreneurship Enters the Public Eye; What is Social Entrepreneurship?; The Private Sector; The Public Sector; The Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector41; Blurring Sectors: Trends Creating Fertile Ground for Social Entrepreneurship to Emerge; Social Entrepreneurship Emerges at the Nexus; Response to Market Failures. |
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No MarketLimited Market; Low-profit Market; Transformative Innovations; Financial Sustainability; Nonfinancial resources; Predictable revenue sources; Case Studies of Social-Entrepreneurial Approaches to Solving Social Problems; Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RSVP) : A No-Market Approach to Reducing Recidivism; Market Failure; Transformative Innovation; Financial Sustainability; Triangle Resident Options for Substance Abusers Inc. (TROSA): A Limited-Market Approach to Long-term Substance-Abuse Treatment; Market Failure; Transformative Innovation; Financial Sustainability. |
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Outside the Classroom: Identifying a Low-Profit Market for Drug and Alcohol Awareness on College CampusesMarket Failure; Transformative Innovation; Financial Sustainability; Summary: What is Social Entrepreneurship?; How Does Social Entrepreneurship Help Government to Benefit Americans?; Leveraging Public and Private Resources; KaBOOM!; Market Failure; Transformative, Financially Sustainable Innovation; Societal Benefits; ITNAmerica; Market Failure; Transformative, Financially Sustainable Innovation; Societal Benefits; Testing and Developing Solutions; City Year; Market Failure. |
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Transformative, Financially Sustainable Social InnovationSocietal Benefits; New Leaders for New Schools (New Leaders); Market Failure; Transformative, Financially Sustainable Social Innovation; Societal Benefits; Benetech; Market Failure; Transformative, Financially Sustainable Social Innovation; Societal Benefits; Summary: How Social Entrepreneurship Benefits Americans; How is Government Currently Supporting Social-entrepreneurial Initiatives?; Encouraging Social Innovation; Creating an Enabling Environment; Rewarding Performance; Scaling Success; Producing Knowledge. |
| Summary |
How Government Supports Social-Entrepreneurial Initiatives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social entrepreneurship.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. |
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Social entrepreneurship |
| Added Author |
Sampson, Danielle N., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social entrepreneurship New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. c2011. 9781612095608 (softcover) (DLC) 2011003575 |
| ISBN |
9781536115284 (ebook) |
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1536115282 |
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9781612095608 (softcover) |
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1612095607 (softcover) |
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