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Social Entrepreneurship

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Editors:
  1. Johanna Mair

    1. IESE, Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Jeffrey Robinson

    1. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

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  3. Kai Hockerts

    1. INSEAD’s Centre for the Management of Environmental and Social Responsibility (CMER), Fontainebleau, France

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Johanna Mair, Jeffrey Robinson, Kai Hockerts
      Pages 1-13

  3. Perspectives and Agenda for Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Introduction to Part I — Setting a Research Agenda for an Emerging Field

      • Ignasí Martí
      Pages 17-21

    3. Three Avenues for Social Entrepreneurship Research

      • James E. Austin
      Pages 22-33

    4. Politics, Values and Social Entrepreneurship: A Critical Appraisal

      • Albert Hyunbae Cho
      Pages 34-56

    5. Social Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Social Change Across Theory and Practice

      • Francesco Perrini, Clodia Vurro
      Pages 57-85

  6. Integrating Sustainability and the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Introduction to Part IV — Ecopreneurship: Unique Research Field or Just ‘More of the Same’?

      • Kai Hockerts
      Pages 209-213

    3. Green-Works: A Model for Combining Social and Ecological Entrepreneurship

      • Anne Clifford, Sarah E. A. Dixon
      Pages 214-234

    4. Social Entrepreneurs Directly Contribute to Global Development Goals

      • Christian Seelos, Kate Ganly, Johanna Mair
      Pages 235-275
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About this book

Social Entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that impacts the lives of citizens by using innovative approaches to solving social problems. This book offers a comprehensive examination of this growing area of research and provides an excellent introduction to social entrepreneurship theory and a framework for future research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • IESE, Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain

    Johanna Mair

  • Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

    Jeffrey Robinson

  • INSEAD’s Centre for the Management of Environmental and Social Responsibility (CMER), Fontainebleau, France

    Kai Hockerts

About the editors

JAMES AUSTIN Snider Professorship of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA ALBERT CHO Independent Researcher ANN CLIFFORD Head of Marketing and Development Department, UK-based Charity GEOFFREY DESA Doctoral Student of Technology Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, University of Washington Business School, USA SARAH E. A. DIXON Principal Lecturer in Strategic Management, Kingston Business School, UK KATE GANLY Research Assistant, IESE Business School, Spain HELEN HAUGH Lecturer, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK SURESH KOTHA Professor of Management and Organization and Faculty Director of the Center for Technology Entrepreneurship, University of Washington Business School, USA IGNASÍ MARTÍ Doctoral Candidate of Management, IESE Business School, Spain ERNESTO NOBOA Professor, Business Policy Department, IDE Business School, Ecuador FRANCESCO PERRINI Associate Professor of Management, CSR and Sustainability Innovation, 'Giorgio Pivato' Management Department, Bocconi University, Italy CHRISTIAN SEELOS Malik Management Centre St. Gallen and Senior Researcher and Lecturer, IESE Business School, Spain CLODIO VURRO PhD Student of Business Administration and Management, Bocconi University, Italy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Entrepreneurship

  • Editors: Johanna Mair, Jeffrey Robinson, Kai Hockerts

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625655

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9664-0Published: 27 April 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54553-7Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62565-5Published: 27 April 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 280

  • Topics: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Management

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