"Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social … entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents research on high-performing nonprofits …

Research on social entrepreneurship is finally catching up to its rapidly growing potential. In The Search for Social … Entrepreneurship, Paul Light explores this surge of interest to establish the state of knowledge on this growing phenomenon and suggest … directions for future research. Light begins by outlining the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, a concept often …