Social Entrepreneurship
This webpage is designed to help anyone interested in social Social Entrepreneurship including participants in the USC Marshall Master of Science in Social Social Entrepreneurship degree program.
Also look for resources, contacts and other information provided by Marshall's Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab.
Related USC LibGuides
Definition
Here is one definition:
Social entrepreneurship describes the discovery and sustainable exploitation of opportunities to create social and environmental benefits. This is usually done through the generation of disequilibria in market and non-market environments. The social entrepreneurship process can in some cases lead to the creation of social enterprises. These social ventures are hybrid organisations exhibiting characteristics of both the for-profit and not-for-profit sector. Individuals engaging in social entrepreneurship are usually referred to as social entrepreneurs, a term that describes resourceful individuals working to create social innovation. They do not only have to identify (or create) opportunities for social change (that so far have been unexploited), they must also muster the resources necessary to turn these opportunities into reality. A typical example is Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his contribution to poverty alleviation through the invention and popularisation of microfinance.
Today many foundations aim to identify and promote social entrepreneurs. Two prominent examples are Ashoka and the Skoll Foundation. These so-called venture philanthropists adopt methods from the domain of venture capital, for example, encouraging social entrepreneurs to provide detailed business plans and to measure and report systematically on their social performance. Social return on investment (S-ROI) analysis is an example of an emerging tool aimed at describing the social impact of social entrepreneurship in dollar terms, relative to the philanthropic investment made.
Source: Credo Reference
Hockerts, K. (2007). Social entrepreneurship. In The A to Z of corporate social responsibility. Retrieved from https://libproxy.usc.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/wileyazcsr/social_entrepreneurship/0
Reports
- Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - ResourcesVarious reports and articles on social entrepreneurship, plus the Foundation's annual report
- The Rise of the Social EnterpriseDeloitte's 2018 Global Human Capital Trends report
- Assessing the Role of International Organizations in the Development of the Social Enterprise SectorA 2018 Policy Research Working Paper from the World Bank Group
- Social Entrepreneurship Amongst Women and Men in the United StatesA 2017 report from the National Women's Business Council.
- Social Enterprise in a Global Context: the role of higher education institutions. Country brief: California, USAA 2016 report from the British Council.
- Reaching the Last Mile: social enterprise business models for inclusive developmentA 2018 report from the World Bank Group
- Results-Based Financing through Social EnterprisesA 2020 World Bank Group white paper "in response to the Covid-19 pandemic"
- Social Enterprises: community economic development toolkitA 2018 how-to guide from Action Partnership
- Supporting Social EntrepreneurshipA 2016 "roadmap" from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Books and eBooks
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Social Entrepreneurship: what everyone needs to know by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2020Hard copy available in LIPA HD60 .B67 2010
Lean Impact: how to innovate for radically greater social good by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2019
Social Entrepreneurship: a skills approach by Call Number: Business HD60 S586 2017Publication Date: 2017
Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: starting out, scaling up and staying true by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2019
Innovation and Scaling for Impact: how effective social entreprises do it by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2017
Getting Beyond Better: how social entrepreneurship works by Call Number: VKC HD60 .M367 2015Publication Date: 2015
The Mission-Driven Venture: business solutions to the world's most vexing social problems by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2015
Creating Good Work: the world's leading social entrepreneurs show how to build a healthy economy by Call Number: Leavey and VKC Libraries: HD60 .C74 2013Publication Date: 2013
Sustainable Entrepreneurship: business success through sustainability by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2013
International Social Entrepreneurship: pathways to personal and corporate impact by Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2010
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Public Websites and Organizations
- Ashoka"Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale."
- Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship"The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic Forum."
- Skoll Foundation"...our mission is to drive large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems."
- Social Enterprise Alliance"Our aim is for social enterprise to reach its full potential as a force for positive social change, in service to the common good. To achieve this purpose, we provide social enterprises with the tools and resources they need to succeed, and work on building an optimal environment in which they can thrive."
- Impact Garden - Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship"A knowledge and resource sharing platform, providing a window to the inspirational world of sustainability and impact."
Social Entrepreneurship and ROI
Public websites that work with standards and performance metrics to measure the social, environmental and financial return on investments:
- IRIS Metrics"IRIS is the catalog of generally-accepted performance metrics that leading impact investors use to measure the social, environmental, and financial performance of their investments. IRIS metrics align with a number of 3rd party standards, and proprietary metric sets."
- Social Value UK"Social Value UK is the national network for anyone interested in social value and social impact. We work with our members to increase the accounting, measuring and maximising of social value from the perspective of those affected by an organisation’s activities, through our Social Value Principles. We believe in a world where a broader definition of value will change decision making and ultimately decrease inequality and environmental degradation."
- Social Value International"At Social Value International, we believe that social value has a huge potential to help us change the way we understand the world around us, and make decisions about where to invest resources. By changing the way we account for value, we believe that we will end up with a world with more equality and a more sustainable environment. "
- Social Value - Accredited Tools & SoftwareLists "products (that) have been created by members of Social Value International and our Global Networks. They have been reviewed by Social Value International and accredited as showing alignment with the Social Value Principles."
Trade Journals
- Social Enterprise JournalOnline access from 2006 to last year
- Journal of Social EntrepreneurshipOnline access from 2010 to present
- Stanford Social Innovation ReviewOnline access from 2003 to present
- The ColliderPublished by the Centre for Social Innovation