Guo / Bielefeld Social Entrepreneurship

An Evidence-Based Approach to Creating Social Value
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-84417-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bryson Series in Public and Nonprofit Management

Social entrepreneurship explained
Social entrepreneurship is a hot topic in public and non-profit management. Organizations everywhere are looking for innovative ways to respond to financial, social, and regulatory pressures. The next generation of transformative leaders will be risk takers who know how to face even the biggest challenges using market-driven strategies that get results. This book contains everything students and professionals need to know about the cutting-edge practice of social entrepreneurship.
In Social Entrepreneurship, you'll learn how to read markets and environments to identify opportunities for entrepreneurial activity. Then, the authors show to convert opportunities into successful ventures: one-time initiatives, ongoing programs and new, mission-driven organizations are all covered. Sector-specific strategies and recommendations guide readers directly to the techniques that will have the biggest impact.
* Employs an evidence-based approach to help organizations achieve goals more efficiently
* Offers advice on taking advantage of new technologies and untapped resources using the most current approaches
* Written by renowned experts in the field of social entrepreneurship
Authors Guo and Bielefeld have been instrumental in advancing the study of social entrepreneurship, and they understand the trends and currents in the field. They bring readers up to date and ready them to begin implementing changes that really make a difference. In non-profits and government, leadership is already becoming synonymous with social entrepreneurship, and this book is its foundation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guo, Chao

Bielefeld, Wolfgang

Über Autor(innen)

CHAO GUO, PhD, is associate professor of nonprofitmanagement in the School of Social Policy and Practice at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Guo is senior vice president of theInternational Council of Voluntarism, Civil Society, and SocialEconomy Researcher Associations and serves on several boards ofdirectors and editorial boards. In 2008, he was selected as arecipient of the IDEA Award for research promise by theEntrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.
WOLFGANG BIELEFELD is professor emeritus at the School ofPublic and Environmental Affairs and the School of Philanthropy atIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He has taught atthe University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Minnesota, andStanford University. He has written many articles and books,including Managing Nonprofit Organizations and NonprofitOrganizations in an Age of Uncertainty.