Book | 2007

Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

by Jane Wei-Skillern, James Austin, Herman Leonard and Howard Stevenson

Abstract

"Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector provides an excellent overview of the many tools available to the entrepreneur to advance his or her mission, and it discusses many of the problems that organizations and their managers encounter at different points of a growth process."
-NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY

 Written for students and practitioners, this unique text, with Harvard cases, provides detailed analysis and frameworks for achieving maximum impact through social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to develop the knowledge to pursue social entrepreneurship more strategically and achieve mission impact more efficiently, effectively, and sustainably.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Society;

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Citation:

Wei-Skillern, Jane, James Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector. SAGE Publications, 2007.

About the Authors

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James E. Austin
Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

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Herman B. Leonard
George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration
General Management

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Howard H. Stevenson
Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

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