While the phrase 'Social Entrepreneurship' sounds oxymoronic, it certainly is not an unfamiliar concept in the Indian market and society. India is a hub of social entrepreneurship and has a long history of doing business for social causes. The business giants like Amul, Aravind Eyecare, Lijjat,...

The term Social Entrepreneurship has gained an increasing currency in India and abroad, in the recent. However, in many ways, social entrepreneurship still remains a term in search of a “definition-in-practice”. The broad definition of social entrepreneurs describes them as entrepreneurs...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Term in Search of a Definition -- 2 The 'Entrepreneur' in Social Entrepreneurship -- 3 Entrepreneurial Thinking: A Method to the Madness -- 4 Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship -- 5 Quarter Idealism and a Pound of Pragmatism...