David Bornstein`s How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world--what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass-roots approaches to a wide variety of social and...

Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Clio Padovani -- The challenges of a socially sustainable textiles and fashion industry -- Plustex: An evidence-based approach -- Chapter structure -- Notes -- 1 Museums and the knowledge economy:...

"This book explores various issues and ideas about social entrepreneurship through the lens of theoretical, practical, and empirical research, providing an international outlook of social entrepreneurship, focusing primarily on value creation and sustainability."

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Museums and the knowledge economy : developing competitive advantage for the future -- Weaving a social structure : achieving specialist distinction -- Collaborative leadership, provenance and the power of place -- Enterprise and social value :...