| Description |
xvi, 232 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1 -- Jeffrey A. Robinson, Johanna Mair and Kai Hockerts -- The International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conferences 1 -- In this volume 2 -- Moving social entrepreneurship research forward 3 -- Part I Identifying Actors and Measuring Performance and -- Sustainability of Social Entrepreneurial Ventures 7 -- 1 Activist or Entrepreneur?:An Identity-based Model of -- Social Entrepreneurship 9 -- Shalei V. K. Simms and Jeffrey A. Robinson -- Executive summary 9 -- Introduction 10 -- Social entrepreneurship research 10 -- The organizational form of social venture 11 -- Identity-based theories 12 -- An identity-based theory of social entrepreneurship 14 -- Activist and entrepreneurial identities 16 -- Discussion 20 -- Future research 21 -- Implications for practitioners 22 -- Conclusion 23 -- 2 Capturing the Performance of the Socially Entrepreneurial -- Organization: An Organizational Legitimacy Approach 27 -- Alex Nicholls -- Introduction 27 -- Impact measurement 31 -- Qualitative models 32 -- Triple bottom line 32 -- Social auditing 33 -- Balanced scorecard 33 -- Family of measures 34 -- Quantitative model: social return on investment 35 -- Limitations of impact metrics 36 -- Accountability and performance 39 -- Organizational legitimacy as performance metric 42 -- The performance-legitimacy model 48 -- Associational legitimacy 54 -- Pragmatic legitimacy 56 -- Normative legitimacy 58 -- Cognitive legitimacy 60 -- Summary 62 -- Conclusion 63 -- 3 Long-term Survivability of Social Ventures: Qualitative -- Analysis of External and Internal Explanations 75 -- Moshe Sharir, Miri Lerner and Ronit Yitshaki -- Introduction 75 -- Literature review 75 -- Methodology 82 -- Main results 83 -- Discussion and conclusions 90 -- Suggestions for further research 91 -- Part II Extending Theory 97 -- 4 A Resource-based Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship 99 -- Helen Haugh -- Introduction 99 -- The resource-based view of the firm 99 -- Social entrepreneurship 101 -- Resources and competitive advantage 102 -- Three case studies of resource acquisition by -- community-led social ventures 104 -- Capabilities and competitive advantage 111 -- Conclusion 112 -- 5 Discrete Choices,Trade-offs, and Advantages: Modeling -- Social Venture Opportunities and Intentions 117 -- Norris Krueger, Jr, Jill Kickul, Lisa K. Gundry, -- Rohit Vennan and Fiona Wilson -- Introduction 117 -- Background literature 119 -- Methodology 127 -- Results 131 -- Discussion 133 -- Future research directions 137 -- Conclusion 139 -- 6 Social Entrepreneurship as Institution Building 144 -- Johanna Mair and Ignasi Marti -- Social entrepreneurship and institutions 145 -- Research methods 148 -- Research context 149 -- BRAC: from a relief organization to an institution-building -- organization 151 -- Concluding remarks 156 -- Part III Regional Perspectives 161 -- 7 Social Entrepreneurship: An Asian Perspective 163 -- Marie Lisa M. Dacanay -- Introduction 163 -- The challenge of sustainability 163 -- Private versus social enterprise 167 -- The social entrepreneur and primary stakeholders 168 -- Social enterprise objectives and strategies 170 -- A distributive enterprise philosophy 172 -- Social entrepreneurship and CSR 175 -- The market as an arena for development 177 -- Perspectives for social entrepreneurship research in Asia 178 -- Looking ahead 180 -- 8 Strategy in Social Enterprise of Business and Civil Society -- Organizations in Iberoamerica 183 -- Daniel Arenas, Josefina Bruni Celli, Patricia Marquez -- and Alfred Vernis -- Research methods 184 -- The strategic triangle 185 -- Value proposition, mission and values 186 -- Legitimacy and support 192 -- The quest for legitimacy 192 -- Strategic focus as a source of support 195 -- Operational capacity 199 -- Final remarks 200 -- 9 Mechanisms for Supporting Social Entrepreneurship: -- A Case Study and Analysis of Israeli Incubator 208 -- Victor I. Friedman and Moshe Sharir -- Introduction 208 -- Mechanisms for supporting social entrepreneurship 209 -- Method 211 -- A case study: the incubator for social entrepreneurship 212 -- Case analysis: dilemmas and contradictions in the -- incubator's 'theory of action' 216 -- Adoptive-partnership incubators: a third mechanism 219 |
| Summary |
"This book provides a unqiue array of theory extending papers and phenonmenon-based research unmatched by similar books. It draws on insights from scholars in Spain, Israel, the Philippines, Colombia, Venezuela, the United Kingdom and United States to provide a deeper understanding of the significance of social enterpreneurship to theory and practice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Entrepreneurship -- Social aspects.
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Social entrepreneurship.
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| Author |
Robinson, Jeffrey, 1971-
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Mair, Johanna, 1967-
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Hockerts, Kai, 1970-
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Eldon and Anne Foote Trust Philanthropy Collection
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| LC no. |
2008030445 |
| ISBN |
9780230543157 alkaline paper |
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0230543154 alkaline paper |
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