Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship provides a 10-stage framework for building impactful ventures within and across new and existing organizations. The book summarizes the basic steps and tools needed to understand a social or environmental challenge of your choice, develop potential solutions, build a business model, measure outcomes, and grow your impact. This fully updated second edition builds on the concepts and tools introduced previously, broadening the scope to those working or preparing to work in organizations globally. Concepts addressed include intrapreneurship and, for the first time, extrapreneurship, which considers innovating across organizations to achieve collective impact. Featuring international case studies and interviews with leaders in the field, this comprehensive guide spans multiple sectors, including health, the environment, education, agriculture, commerce, finance, and retail. Summaries, exercises, and key learning points help to aid and cement learning. A widely regarded and valuable text, Social Entrepreneurship should be core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. The book’s applied 10-stage approach will also be valuable for those in executive education as well as professionals and entrepreneurs looking to equip themselves with the tools needed to succeed in social change.
Teresa Chahine is the inaugural Sheila and Ron ’92 BA Marcelo Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management, USA. Her research and teaching focus on social and environmental drivers of public health outcomes, and on the role of social entrepreneurship as a potential pathway toward achieving the public health mission. She hosts the podcast Impact & Innovation, and teaches a publicly available course on social entrepreneurship through Coursera. Connect with her on Twitter at @teresachahine, and visit www.socialentrepreneurshipbook.com to learn more about resources for teaching and learning social entrepreneurship.