This book introduces students and others to the discipline of social entrepreneurship, which encourages the creation of enterprises that are socially inclusive yet economically and ecologically sustainable.In each chapter there is a mix of case studies about internationally well-known enterprises and other more local enterprises which are totally new. The book leads its readers to understand and appreciate entrepreneurial issues and to engage themselves in community-based activities. Social Enterprise helps readers to: <ul> <li>analyze and articulate the blend of social, environmental and economic values which is present in all kinds of enterprise</li> <li>understand the issues involved in translating good intentions with multiple goals into focused, sustainable and practical actions</li> <li>propose alternative social enterprise management strategies based on their own analysis of case studies of entrepreneurial endeavors that are perceived to be 'social'</li> </ul>The authors take a pragmatic yet critical approach, and this book should be core or recommended reading for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise modules at advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels.

Social Enterprise: Cases and Analysis for Understanding Social Business

Business & Money

Harper, Malcolm

Parekh, Nadiya

Economics

Routledge

This book introduces students and others to the discipline of social entrepreneurship, which encourages the creation of enterprises that are socially inclusive yet economically and ecologically sustainable. 
In each chapter there is a mix of case studies about internationally well-known enterprises and other more local enterprises which are totally new. The book leads its readers to understand and appreciate entrepreneurial issues and to engage themselves in community-based activities. Social Enterprise helps readers to: 
analyze and articulate the blend of social, environmental and economic values which is present in all kinds of enterprise 
understand the issues involved in translating good intentions with multiple goals into focused, sustainable and practical actions 
propose alternative social enterprise management strategies based on their own analysis of case studies of entrepreneurial endeavors that are perceived to be ‘social’ 
The authors take a pragmatic yet critical approach, and this book should be core or recommended reading for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise modules at advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels.

Social Enterprise

The Affordable Housing Market in India

Ram, Padmini

Reference

Routledge India

Small Business in the Third World: Guidelines for Practical Assistance

These concise, easy-to-follow guidelines examine the methods used in the promotion of new and small enterprises in developing countries. Treats issues such as the role of small business in social and economic development, and appropriate administrative and funding institutions. This practical approach is based on the author's fifteen years of experience in many countries--reinforced with case studies and examples for appraisal and plan formulation.

Industries

wiley

The objective of this book is to provide information about entrepreneurship development programmes whose objective is to help people from the poorer groups in developing countries to create jobs for themselves by starting small enterprises. This information is intended for people who are responsible for directing small and medium enterprise promotion projects in developing countries. It should inform them about entrepreneurship development for these groups as it is currently being practiced, and enable them to decide whether or not to consider introducing this approach into their projects. If they do wish seriously to consider this, the information should help them to determine potentially promising methods and to identify sources of expertise from which they can conveniently obtain practical training, advice and experienced manpower.

Entrepreneurship for the Poor

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Intermediate Technology Publications

A collection of case-studies from 17 countries which describes failures as well as successes, and provides stimulating material for students, teachers, trainers and business people themselves

Small Business Promotion: Case studies from developing countries

Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

Financing Small Enterprise: Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

de Jong, M.

The Affordable Housing Market in India: Institutional Constraints, Informal Sector and Privatisation

Whose Sustainability Counts?: BASIX’s Long March from Microfinance to Livelihoods

Is microfinance failing to meet its promise?  Several recent events have undermined confidence in microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). They range from the collapse of the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh, to the Bangladesh government’s dismissal of Grameen Bank President Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize–winner and venerated father of microcredit, to the increasing publicity about micro-loan debt bondage and debt-induced suicides of MFI clients in the subcontinent.What do these crises signify for the future of microfinance? Are the basic principles of finance for the poor salvageable? Can the model be improved?From its inception in 1996, BASIX—one of the largest microfinance institutions in India—has realized that focusing solely on loans will not improve the lives of its poor clients. Recognizing that the complex problems of poverty require complex solutions, it has melded financial services with livelihood development and institutional sustainability to achieve its goals, all the while maintaining impeccable ethical standards and practices of social inclusion that give voice to the poor who rely on the financial services BASIX provides them.Malcolm Harper cuts through the cynicism and disillusionment about microfinance with his account of BASIX to show how the organization offers pathways for a revamped MFI of the future, one that responds to poor clients’ diverse needs equitably and effectively.

Politics & Social Sciences

Iyer, Lalitha

Rosser, Jane

Politics & Government

Kumarian Press

Is microfinance failing to meet its promise? Several recent events have undermined confidence in microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). They range from the collapse of the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh, to the Bangladesh government’s dismissal of Grameen Bank President Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize–winner and venerated father of microcredit, to the increasing publicity about micro-loan debt bondage and debt-induced suicides of MFI clients in the subcontinent.What do these crises signify for the future of microfinance? Are the basic principles of finance for the poor salvageable? Can the model be improved?From its inception in 1996, BASIX—one of the largest microfinance institutions in India—has realized that focusing solely on loans will not improve the lives of its poor clients. Recognizing that the complex problems of poverty require complex solutions, it has melded financial services with livelihood development and institutional sustainability to achieve its goals, all the while maintaining impeccable ethical standards and practices of social inclusion that give voice to the poor who rely on the financial services BASIX provides them.Malcolm Harper cuts through the cynicism and disillusionment about microfinance with his account of BASIX to show how the organization offers pathways for a revamped MFI of the future, one that responds to poor clients’ diverse needs equitably and effectively.

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Social Enterprise: Cases and Analysis for Understanding Social Business

Social Enterprise

The Affordable Housing Market in India

Small Business in the Third World: Guidelines for Practical Assistance

Entrepreneurship for the Poor

Small Business Promotion: Case studies from developing countries

Financing Small Enterprise: Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

The Affordable Housing Market in India: Institutional Constraints, Informal Sector and Privatisation

Whose Sustainability Counts?: BASIX’s Long March from Microfinance to Livelihoods

Whose Sustainability Counts?: BASIX’s Long March from Microfinance to Livelihoods