Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 – MacIntyre’s virtue-practice-institution framework -- Chapter 3 – Business within capitalism and MacIntyre -- Chapter 4 – Alternative forms of enterprise and MacIntyre’s framework -- Chapter 5 – Defining Social Enterprise -- Chapter 6 –...

Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und den vier Phasen eines Managementkreislaufes (Analyse,...

1. Introduction -- Part 1: Social Entrepreneurship from a Micro Perspective -- 2. A Quick Approach to the Microfoundations of Social Entrepreneurship -- 3. Who Is The social entrepreneur? -- 4. Sources of Financing for Social Entrepreneurship. 5. Social Bricolage -- 6. Business Sectors Involved...

Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods -- Designing Sustainable Livelihoods for Informal Markets in Dhaka -- Designing Livelihoods Responsibly: Insights from Seed Conservation and Management Practices among Farming Communities in India -- Designerly Ways for Sustainable...

Part I: Entrepreneurship: Trends and Concepts -- Chapter 1: The Intersection of Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and the UN SDGs in the Arab World: A Humane Entrepreneurship Perspective -- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship in the Arab World—Innovation and...

Highlighting the motivations of B Corp entrepreneurs in Chile, this book explores the phenomenon behind for-profit organisations that are committed to social and ecological sustainability as well as human welfare. By examining the personal and social drivers of businesses which are not solely...

This book describes the 60-year history of the AO Foundation and its impact on the treatment of bone trauma. Originally founded by a group of Swiss surgeons, the AO has since established its osteosynthesis treatment approach to trauma, using surgery and implants, as the global standard. The AO...

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise and social enterprises are solving some of the most critical and enduring social problems by using innovative, pragmatic and sustainable business models. Access to knowledge thanks to the Internet and rapid expansion of the knowledge economy are opening new...

This book provides a preliminary attempt to understand the impact investors’ preferences and characteristics. It offers an empirical insight of the main features characterizing social risk of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and explores the correlation existing between social risk and financial...

1. Social innovation. Origins, definitions, and main elements -- 2. Characteristics, types, and processes for the construction of social innovations -- 3. Generation of values by Social Innovations -- 4. Basics, characteristics, and differences of Social Entrepreneurship -- 5. Similarities and...