Social Business: Theory, Practice, and Critical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Andrea Grove, Gary A. Berg (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 255
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Conceptualized and put into practice by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. Muhammad Yunus, social businesses work to address social ills such as poverty, lack of health care, gaps in education and environmental challenges. This book explores the ideation, practice and evaluation of the concept of social business. Not just theoretical foundations but several case studies of social businesses around the world and state-of-the-art assessment of the issues that arise in the planning, marketing and evaluation of social businesses, are featured in this book.

This cutting-edge collection of articles, presented by the California Institute for Social Business (CISB) in collaboration with Professor Yunus, is one of the first comprehensive collections of theory and research on the emerging field of social business. The diverse group of authors come from around the world and from various disciplinary backgrounds, representing the leading academic experts on social business phenomena.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Social Business: Defining and Situating the Concept....Pages 3-22
Mission, Finance, and Innovation: The Similarities and Differences Between Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business....Pages 23-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Holistic Social Business Movement in Caldas (HSBM), Colombia....Pages 45-61
Social Business and Student Financial Aid....Pages 63-78
Disease: Social Business for a Malaria Free World – BASF Grameen Limited....Pages 79-87
Grameen Shakti Social Business: A Vanguard Model for Rural Energy Service....Pages 89-100
Information Technology: Marriage Between IT and Social Business – Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd.....Pages 101-114
Social Business City: Lessons from Wiesbaden....Pages 115-138
The Mystery of Small Social Business Ownership by the Poor: Creative Solutions Based on the Poor’s Potential....Pages 139-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Social Business Planning: Management and Financial Issues....Pages 157-176
Social Business Marketing Mix....Pages 177-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Social Business and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from Grameen Danone and Grameen Veolia....Pages 201-223
The One and the Many Sides of Social Business: A Critical Reflection....Pages 225-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Looking Forward....Pages 241-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-249

✦ Subjects

Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility; Entrepreneurship; Sustainable Development

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