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Social entrepreneurship : theory and practice /

"There are certain kinds of people who garner enormous satisfaction from successfully taking on a "mission impossible" and, by so doing, actually manage to change the world, sometimes in surprising ways. Such individuals are rare, and when we become aware of them and their astonishing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Praszkier, Ryszard, 1945-
Otros Autores: Nowak, Andrzej (Andrzej Krzysztof)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. Social entrepreneurship
  • 1. Defining social entrepreneurship : an overview
  • 2. Dimensions of social entrepreneurship
  • 3. Identifying social entrepreneurs in practice
  • Section 2. The dynamics of social change
  • 4. Social-change theories and dilemmas
  • 5. Equilibrium and complexity
  • 6. Theory of social emergence
  • Section 3. Social capital built by social entrepreneurs
  • 7. Social capital
  • 8. Social networks : bedrock of social capital
  • 9. Personality traits that facilitate the building of social capital
  • Section 4. A new kind of leadership
  • 10. Social entrepreneurship : a dynamical account
  • 11. A new kind of leadership
  • 12. Addressing insurmountable problems and conflicts
  • Epilogue : the past and the future
  • Conclusion-- Appendix 1 : Becoming a social entrepreneur
  • Appendix 2 : The process of assessing candidates for a fellowship
  • Appendix 3 : Excerpts from interviews.