Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship: Fundamentals, Concepts, and Tools

Description

Social entrepreneurship and social innovation both seek to improve the world through social change. Whereas social entrepreneurship revolves around the business side of change, social innovation focuses on the processes through which that change is generated. This textbook provides a comprehensive analysis of both topics, covering all the characteristics and elements of social innovation and social entrepreneurship, from a conceptual and practical perspective. The book has four sections: 1) Basics and concepts of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship; 2) Business models and generation of value in social enterprises; 3) Social innovation within traditional companies, and 4) Definition and alignment of the impact of social innovation and entrepreneurship. Students and any practitioners that want to know about social innovation or social entrepreneurship will be exposed to contemporary topics in the field as well as a variety of cases and tools for its development. With its learning objectives, reflective questions, the definition of key concepts, and exercises, this book is the definitive text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Front Matter ....Pages I-XXI Social Innovation: Origins, Definitions, and Main Elements (Luis Portales)....Pages 1-14 Characteristics, Types, and Processes for the Construction of Social Innovations (Luis Portales)....Pages 15-31 Generation of Values by Social Innovations (Luis Portales)....Pages 33-49 Basics, Characteristics, and Differences of Social Entrepreneurship (Luis Portales)....Pages 51-63 Similarities and Differences Among Schools of Social Entrepreneurship (Luis Portales)....Pages 65-79 Characteristics of the Social Entrepreneur (Luis Portales)....Pages 81-95 Business Models of Social Enterprises (Luis Portales)....Pages 97-114 From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Innovation (Luis Portales)....Pages 115-129 Social Innovation from Companies: Social Purpose Business Models (Luis Portales)....Pages 131-146 Social Intrapreneurship, the Main Factor of Social Innovations Within Traditional Companies (Luis Portales)....Pages 147-160 Social Impact in Social Innovations: Definition, Design, and Evaluation (Luis Portales)....Pages 161-176 Impact Investment, a Key Element in the Promotion of Social Innovation (Luis Portales)....Pages 177-192 Alignment of Social Innovation with Sustainable Development Goals (Luis Portales)....Pages 193-204 Back Matter ....Pages 205-207