De Gruyter Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship

Bryan C. Boots, Lane Graves Perry, III, Benjamin J. Williams, Bryan C. Boots, Lane Graves Perry, III, Benjamin J. Williams

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9783110795356
• eBook ISBN: 9783110795530
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Entrepreneurship
• Index: Business

The De Gruyter Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship serves as a one-stop shop for nascent and established scholars and practitioners alike who seek to quickly gain a broad familiarity with the current state of research in social entrepreneurship.

Part 1 reviews and discusses the historical scholarly foundations of the field, followed by a more in-depth treatment of newer research, while Part 2 examines the broader ecosystem in which social entrepreneurship takes place. In Part 3, the handbook explores infrastructural considerations such as organizational culture, values, processes, business models and mindsets that affect social entrepreneurship. Finally, in Part 4 the handbook analyzes social entrepreneurship from the individual social entrepreneur's perspective.

Faculty, research-oriented graduate students, think tanks, and government agencies who seek an overview of recent research in the field of social entrepreneurship will benefit from this essential addition to the literature. In addition, practicing social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs in corporate settings, and non-governmental organizations interested in social entrepreneurship can use this handbook as a resource to inform their approaches to the development of social ventures, how they support social entrepreneurs, and the ways in which they can foster conditions to support a thriving social entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1 What Is Social Entrepreneurship? Introducing Relevant Terms, Metrics, and the Handbook Boundaries
• Part 1: Contextualizing the State of the Social Entrepreneurship Field
• Part 2: Consideration of the Environment, Conditions, and Ecosystems Contributing to Social Entrepreneurship
• 7 Exploring the Landscape of Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Drawing a Roadmap for Future Research
• 8 Cultivating the Good: Identifying Conditions for Effectively Supporting Social Entrepreneurship Within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
• 9 What’s the Government Got to Do with It? Synergies and Tensions Between Government and Social Enterprise in Driving Social Welfare
• 10 Society’s Relationship to Social Entrepreneurship: A Study of Clean Technology Ventures and the Role of Public Policy
• 11 No Silver Bullet: Examining the Mutual Contribution of Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Thinking in Addressing Grand Challenges
• Part 3: Framing the Infrastructure Supporting the Mission-Driven Social Venture: Tools of the Trade
• Part 4: Developing the Social Entrepreneur and Determining Impact
• Index