Understanding Social Entrepreneurship

by Jill Kickul, Thomas S. Lyons

Understanding Social Entrepreneurship is the leading textbook that provides students with a comprehensive overview of the field. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools, and techniques of entrepreneurship into the social sector to present innovative solutions to today’s vexing social issues. Kickul and Lyons cover all the key topics relevant to social entrepreneurship, including a detailed examination of each of the steps in the entrepreneurial process. This third edition includes several new Bringing together a rigorous theoretical foundation and a strong practical focus, this is the go-to resource for students of social entrepreneurship at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. A companion website includes an instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.

Genres: Business, Grad School

374 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 It was useful, albeit out of date.