Research Summary
Research Summary
Overview
Description
The focus of my research is on the systems of social innovation. How small groups of individuals come up with new products and services targeting important problems; how they finance these initial efforts, and convert prototypes into viable organizational strategies; how they fund the growth of a new organization (for profit, non profit, or hybrid); how that organization seeks to scale to solve the social problem, initially acting directly and alone, but eventually in concert with other actors in the relevant field; how leaders effectively catalyze a field to work collectively, and how we think about measuring the effect of their efforts.
Keywords
(General) Management; Social Business; Non-profit Management; Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Entrepreneurial Finance; System Dynamics; Non-profit; Evaluation; Impact Investing; Venture Philanthropy; Social Enterprise Initiative; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Social Enterprise; Civil Society or Community; System; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Health Industry; Energy Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Public Administration Industry; Service Industry