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Social entrepreneurship for the 21st century : innovation across the nonprofit, private, and public sectors /

By: Material type: TextTextNew York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]Description: viii, 263 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780071801676
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD60 KEO
Contents:
What is social entrepreneurship? -- Early social entrepreneurship : the service organizations -- Early social entrepreneurship : the funders -- New philanthropy and the value of evaluation -- Technology as a force for good -- The pull of prizes -- Activist assets -- From entrepreneurship to enterprise -- The investor perspective : impact investing -- International impact investing -- Case study : the microcredit story -- Impact investing in the United States -- The enterprise perspective : shared value capitalism -- The case of New York City : social innovation the Bloomberg way -- The Obama administration in theory : social innovation goes to Washington -- The Obama administration in practice : unleashing the innovation mojo -- Shaping markets : social impact bonds abound -- Social entrepreneurship revisited -- New views on philanthropy and government -- Commercialization and its discontents -- Social entrepreneurship for the twenty-first century.
Summary: What's the best way to harness markets to promote social change? And what kinds of investments can we make across the nonprofit, private, and public sectors to achieve a more shared prosperity? This book helps you to understand social investment and innovation, whether you're a private investor, nonprofit manager, or passionate and engaged donor
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Includes index

What is social entrepreneurship? --
Early social entrepreneurship : the service organizations --
Early social entrepreneurship : the funders --
New philanthropy and the value of evaluation --
Technology as a force for good --
The pull of prizes --
Activist assets --
From entrepreneurship to enterprise --
The investor perspective : impact investing --
International impact investing --
Case study : the microcredit story --
Impact investing in the United States --
The enterprise perspective : shared value capitalism --
The case of New York City : social innovation the Bloomberg way --
The Obama administration in theory : social innovation goes to Washington --
The Obama administration in practice : unleashing the innovation mojo --
Shaping markets : social impact bonds abound --
Social entrepreneurship revisited --
New views on philanthropy and government --
Commercialization and its discontents --
Social entrepreneurship for the twenty-first century.

What's the best way to harness markets to promote social change? And what kinds of investments can we make across the nonprofit, private, and public sectors to achieve a more shared prosperity? This book helps you to understand social investment and innovation, whether you're a private investor, nonprofit manager, or passionate and engaged donor

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