Author: Howard Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000449920
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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Social enterprises of all forms drive inclusive growth by creating social and economic networks, and a stable ecosystem, that enable societies to grow and prosper. This book presents a collection of ten case studies that demonstrate the important role played by social enterprises in driving inclusive growth in Asia’s economies. Unlike the traditional models, such as NGOs and charities, that are donor dependent for funding, a social enterprise is a hybrid business model that includes both social mission and revenue generation goals to ensure sustainability and self-reliance. The ten case studies in the book provide a ringside view of how social enterprises operate and evolve to create, sustain, and scale up their social impact. Readers will gain a practical understanding of how social entrepreneurs struggle to maintain a balance between their two seemingly contradictory goals of creating social value and generating economic returns. The book carries the readers on the journey of each of these ten social enterprises, offering unique and valuable insights into the motivations, tribulations, successes, and even failures of these organisations—critical for continued learning, contribution, and innovation in the domain. The book is appropriate for all readers interested in the role social entrepreneurship plays in stimulating economic growth in Asia, including organisations, government, and universities, as well as individuals.
Author: Eric Bidet
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429560753
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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In the absence of a widely accepted and common definition of social enterprise (SE), a large research project, the "International Comparative Social Enterprise Models" (ICSEM) Project, was carried out over a five-year period; it involved more than 200 researchers from 55 countries and relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the SE phenomenon. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, thus resulting in an analysis encompassing a wide diversity of social enterprises, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major SE models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level. These SE models reveal or confirm an overall trend towards new ways of sharing the responsibility for the common good in today’s economies and societies. We tend to consider as good news the fact that social enterprises actually stem from all parts of the economy. Indeed, societies are facing many complex challenges at all levels, from the local to the global level. The diversity and internal variety of SE models are a sign of a broadly shared willingness to develop appropriate—although sometimes embryonic—responses to these challenges, on the basis of innovative economic/business models driven by a social mission. In spite of their weaknesses, social enterprises may be seen as advocates for and vehicles of the general interest across the whole economy. Of course, the debate about privatisation, deregulation and globalised market competition—all factors that may hinder efforts in the search for the common good–has to be addressed as well. The first of a series of four ICSEM books, Social Enterprise in Asia will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and other categories of people who want to acquire a broad understanding of the phenomena of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship as they emerge and develop across the world.
Author: Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814612766
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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This book focuses on the importance of entrepreneurship in sustaining the prosperity of society and uses the case studies from Taiwan, Japan as well as China, to provide an insight into Societal Entrepreneuring in Asia, and the construction of an entrepreneurial society. In order to provide a comprehensive and complete picture on entrepreneurship, the authors have also included both case studies of commercial endeavors as well as non-profit making business endeavours. These collective experiences would be invaluable to readers who are seeking to understand the role of entrepreneurship in Asian society. Contents:Market Entry and Resource Acquisition Strategies for Social Enterprises (Jersan Hu, Leemen Lee and Zong-ying Zhou)Social Value Creation through Innovation of Social Technology (Tzu Yang Chang)Creating Social Value through Frugal Innovation (Anthony Kuo)Social Impact Measurement for Social Enterprise (Tzu Yang Chang, Gautam Kamath and Chien Hsien Lee)Reliability Bookkeeping for Non-Financial Transactions of the Social Network Organization (Yasuhiro Monden)A Horizontal Inter-firm Network of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Specializing in Prototype Solutions: Business Model, Management Control, and External Effects (Naoya Yamaguchi)A Discussion of Community of Practice and the Construction of Organization Core Competence — A Case Study of BS Supplementary Education Group (Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai and Chih-Yu Lee)Pioneering Social Entrepreneurs in Japan: Financial Performance and Social Achievement (Akira Sawamura and Satoshi Arimoto)The Socially Constructed Industry Landscape through Entrepreneurial Practice Innovation: Health-Care Product Industry in China (Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai and Meng-Chen Wu)Contiguous Entrepreneurship in a Modern Food and Beverage Business Group — the Perspective of Complex Adaptive System (Shang-Jen Li)How Cultural Product Could Re-create the Representation of Region: A Story About Organizing (Ted Yu-Chung Liu and Jung-Chih Hung)Narrating an Entrepreneurial Process — A Case from Taiwan's Outlying Islands (Ming-Rea Kao and Shelley Hui-Yin Lin) Readership: Researchers and professionals who are interested in understanding the importance of entrepreneurship in sustaining the prosperity of society. Key Features:The book provides in-depth description of entrepreneurial case studies from Taiwan, Japan and China, and illustrates how entrepreneurship activity emerge and develop in these countriesKeywords:Social Enterprise;Grass-rooted Entrepreneurial Stories
Author: Webb, Heather C.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799841960
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Despite its economic impact, understanding what shaped emerging economies’ success seems to be a mystery. These complexities are compounded by fast moving technologies, such as the increased usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT). These new technologies have a social impact, but it is how these impacts are developed and managed by people and companies that is significant. Similarly, it is important to investigate how the uncertainties and intangible factors are dealt with and how businesses can utilize innovative approaches to become adaptive in emerging market economies. Research is needed to determine how actors or businesses interact to shape and define either new institutions, new industries, or new innovation to meet the need of potential customers in emerging economies. Innovation Management and Growth in Emerging Economies explores how innovation from emerging economies is being developed through strategic choices and presents the benefits and the drawbacks, the processes, and the characteristics and management practices of both private and/or public organizations. The chapters identify the trends and approaches to innovation development as well as the strategies of adapting and converting threats and challenges into opportunities. The target audience of this book is composed of practitioners, policy influencers, course instructors, professionals, academicians, students, and researchers in the fields of business, administrative sciences, management, and economics.
Author: Marie Lisa M. Dacanay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entrepreneurship
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: David Bornstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195396332
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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In a book presented in a Q-and-A format, the authors explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, what challenges they face and how readers can get involved in the efforts that social entrepreneurs are spearheading. Cowritten by the author of How to Change the World. Original.
Author: Ruth A. Shapiro
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 080478437X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Today, "social entrepreneurship" describes a host of new initiatives, and often refers to approaches that are breaking from traditional philanthropic and charitable organizational behavior. Nowhere is this more true than in the United States—where, from 1995–2005, the number of non-profit organizations registered with the IRS grew by 53%. But, what types of change have these social entrepreneurial efforts brought to the world of civil society and philanthropy? What works in today's environment? And, what barriers are these new efforts breaking down as they endeavor to make the world a better place? The Real Problem Solvers brings together leading entrepreneurs, funders, investors, thinkers, and champions in the field to answer these questions from their own, first-person perspectives. Contributors include marquee figures, such as Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton, Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder of the Acumen Fund, and Sally Osberg, CEO of the Skoll Foundation. The core chapters are anchored by an introduction, a conclusion, and question-and-answers sections that weave together the voices of various contributors. In no other book are so many leaders presented side-by-side. Therefore, this is the ideal accessible and personal introduction for students of and newcomers to social entrepreneurship.
Author: Sarah Lai-Yin Cheah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100030079X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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In the world of creating new ventures with the single goal of achieving financial profitability, it is well known that nine of ten startups are likely to fail. For new social ventures that have the twin goals of financial profitability and social inclusiveness, the chances of failures are even higher. This book provides insight into the common struggles of social activists and the strategic responses necessary to not only overcome their organizational issues but also address the world’s pressing social challenges. The book not only traces the journey of the social activists in growing their social ventures to flesh out real-life issues but also introduces the latest management thinking on social innovation in daily business decision. This book makes a useful contribution in furthering the concepts of social innovation and entrepreneurship and inspiring more change agents to create and implement effective, scalable and sustainable solutions to address social issues and meet the needs of the disadvantaged groups in the society.
Author: Ernest Lim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108952100
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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Social enterprises are regarded as a vital solution to the pressing problem of socio-economic inequality and play a crucial role in the delivery of public goods and services. Ernest Lim argues that social enterprises in four leading Asian jurisdictions – India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia – should have a new legal form. This entails advancing a nuanced and comprehensive framework consisting of five criteria: (1) corporate purpose; (2) directors' duties; (3) decision-making powers; (4) reporting, impact measurement and certification; and (5) distribution of dividends, assets, and tax benefits. This invaluable work demonstrates that the existing legal forms in common law Asia, the UK and the US do not properly address the various conflicts of interest affecting social enterprises. An essential read for those interested in understanding and evaluating the laws and regulations on social enterprises, as well as designing and implementing creative ones to protect and promote these important businesses.
Author: Marie Lisa M. Dacanay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789719454519
Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Handelshøjskolen i København, 2012.
