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November 4, 2011
By Cheryl Kernot
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The discourse around social entrepreneurship continues at a pace: more international conferences, research interest, journals and university courses are some of the identifiers. Alongside the continuing emergence of innovative start-up social enterprises and businesses is the reality that the field has matured sufficiently to begin to measure...more |
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Keywords: Social business and enterprise, Social entrepreneurship and social innovation - social business, social enterprise, not-for-profit, charities, social sector, social innovation, unmet social needs, social entrepreneurship
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November 4, 2011
By Dror Etzion and Jeroen Struben (McGill University, Canada)
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Better Place: Shifting Paradigms in the Automotive Industry, Dror Etzion and Jeroen Struben (McGill University, Canada)
This is the 2011 winner of the oikos Case Study competition in which oikos and Ashoka join forces to promote the creation of high quality teaching cases on Corpo...more |
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Keywords: Social business and enterprise, Social entrepreneurship and social innovation - social business, social enterprise, not-for-profit, charities, social sector, unmet social needs, social entrepreneurship
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November 4, 2011
By Stanford Social Innovation Review Fall 2011
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“On Aug. 20, 2010, the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation closed ShoreBank, the nation’s first and leading community bank, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. The closure was not unexpected. Reports of the bank’s problems—and a potential rescue&mda...more |
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Keywords: Social business and enterprise, Social entrepreneurship and social innovation, Demonstrating social impact - social business, social enterprise, not-for-profit, charities, social sector, social innovation, unmet social needs
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November 4, 2011
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The UK Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has embraced a vision for a Big Society, described by them “as helping people to come together to improve their own lives. It’s about putting more power in people’s hands – a massive transfer of power from Whitehall to local commun...more |
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November 4, 2011
By Teasdale, S., Alcock, P., & Smith, G. 2011
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Teasdale, S., Alcock, P., & Smith, G. 2011. Legislating for the Big Society? The Case of the Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill, paper presented at Social Policy Association Conference, University of Lincoln, 4-6 July 2011.
The Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) ...more |
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Keywords: Social business and enterprise, Public and social policy - capacity building, social innovation
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November 4, 2011
By Scott A. Shane, 2008, Yale University.
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UK social entrepreneurship and social innovation pioneer, (currently CEO of NESTA), Geoff Mulgan recommended this book as a useful and interesting read. I wanted to see whether the same “illusions” might apply equally to social entrepreneurs.
Specifically written for the diverse audience of en...more |
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Keywords: Social business and enterprise, Social entrepreneurship and social innovation - social business, social enterprise, social innovation, unmet social needs
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July 29, 2011
By Elena Douglas and Paul Flatau (Guest Editors)
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Knowledge Connect Issue 11: Spring 2011 on the theme of philantropy.
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Keywords: Social investment and philanthropy - philanthropy
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July 29, 2011
By Maximilian Martin
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Martin argues that grants and fundraising, the traditional forms of funding of social activity, are not only expensive but are short-term in focus, meeting current service provision needs only. He then puts forward four revolutions to remedy this.
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Keywords: Social investment and philanthropy - philanthropy
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July 29, 2011
By Wendy Scaife, Katie McDonald and Susan Smyllie
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A study done by the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology has looked into the experience of those giving and those in recipt of gifts. In their findings they highlight eleven critical issues that illuminate the drivers and perspectives of those involved in this process.
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Keywords: Social investment and philanthropy - philanthropy
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July 29, 2011
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Read the profile write up on website www.Givewell.org. Set up by former hedge fund analysts who redirected their finance and investing skills into creating an independent, nonprofit charity evaluator.
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Keywords: Social entrepreneurship and social innovation, Social investment and philanthropy - social business, social enterprise, social innovation, philanthropy
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Knowledge Connect is a quarterly literature review of the latest thinking on social impact, providing summaries of publications noteworthy to social sector leaders and innovators. We present both critical and supportive perspectives of current practices from a broad range of international sources.