International Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship Research
by Robinson, Jeffrey; Mair, Johanna; Hockerts, KaiFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-12-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
"This book provides a unqiue array of theory extending papers and phenonmenon-based research unmatched by similar books. It draws on insights from scholars in Spain, Israel, the Philippines, Colombia, Venezuela, the United Kingdom and United States to provide a deeper understanding of the significance of social enterpreneurship to theory and practice."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables and Figures | |
| Notes on Contributors | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Identifying Actors and Measuring Performance and Sustainability of Social Entrepreneurial Ventures | p. 7 |
| Activist or Entrepreneur?: An Identity-based Model of Social Entrepreneurship | p. 9 |
| Capturing the Performance of the Socially Entrepreneurial Organization: An Organizational legitimacy Approach | p. 27 |
| Long-term Survivability of Social Ventures: Qualitative Analysis of External and Internal Explanations | p. 75 |
| Extending Theory | p. 97 |
| A Resource-based Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship | p. 99 |
| Discrete Choices,Trade-offs, and Advantages: Modeling Social Venture Opportunities and Intentions | p. 117 |
| Social Entrepreneurship as Institution Building | p. 144 |
| Regional Perspectives | p. 161 |
| Social Entrepreneurship: An Asian Perspective | p. 163 |
| Strategy in Social Enterprise of Business and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica | p. 183 |
| Mechanisms for Supporting Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study and Analysis of Israeli Incubator | p. 208 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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