Understanding Social Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Mission in an Ever Changing World

by Jill Kickul, Thomas S. Lyons

Social entrepreneurship involves the application of business practices to the pursuit of social and/or environmental mission. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools and techniques of entrepreneurship to the social sector, yielding innovative solutions to the vexing problems facing society – poverty, hunger, inadequate housing and homelessness, unemployment and under-employment, illiteracy, disease, environmental degradation, etc. It finds solutions where government and private sector efforts have not. This intriguing field has captured the imaginations of thousands of business and public administration students around the world, leading to the creation of hundreds of courses and programs of study to meet this burgeoning demand. Yet, there are few, if any, textbooks that offer a comprehensive treatment of this subject. Instructors are forced to cobble together reading materials from multiple sources, creating a hardship for professors and students, alike. This book is aimed at addressing this problem. Available with Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint's and Testbank.

Genres: Business, Grad School

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Antonia Nuzzolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Textbook I am reading for new semester's Social Entrepreneurship class. I thought this was very interesting! It reads more like a moderately interesting novel rather than a tedious textbook. Had great case studies and gave a full overview of social entrepreneurship including many aspects. I was definitely influenced to give SE more thought after reading.

[Maddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this as a textbook for my Intro to Social Entrepreneurship class. The book was a bit dense, but it is a textbook, after all. That being said, I thought it did a great job appealing to beginner social entrepreneurs, and giving background information to help people’s understandings. I really enjoyed the case studies and examples highlighted throughout the book, and I feel that I was able to learn a lot from it!

[Marcus Laws · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read for my social entrepreneurship course. It was useful, albeit out of date.