BUS 462: Social Entrepreneurship

This book explores social entrepreneurship vis-à-vis participation of marginalized communities. Based on in-depth case studies that highlight the efforts of selected third sector organisations, this book brings to light the emergence of social entrepreneurship in India. The cases focus on the roles of locally established methods and community participation in carrying out sustainable social transformation. Social Entrepreneurship: Working Towards Greater Inclusiveness contributes to both practice and theory.

This text features 20 interviews with the UK's most successful social entrepreneurs. It is compiled and commentated on by UnLtd - the UK's leading funding and support organisation for social entrepreneurs, and What If! - the world's leading specialist innovation company.

Social Enterprises (SEs) have emerged as a new type of development actor with the potential to help solve the service delivery gap. SEs are privately owned organizations, either for-profit, non-profit, or a hybrid of the two, that use business methods to advance their social objectives

The author draws upon his experience to deliver a complete solution-print and digital-for instructors and students by being: Integrated-progression of topics ; Application rich ; Strong on strategy ; Current ; thought provoking ; Relevant ; Actual and practice of international business.

The businesses run by migrants and refugees in the informal sector are a major target of South Africa's extreme xenophobia. Attitudinal surveys clearly show that South Africans differentiate migrants by national origin and that Zimbabweans are amongst the most disliked. This report is based on a survey of informal sector enterprises in Cape Town and Johannesburg; and 50 in-depth interviews with Zimbabwean informal business owners in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Polokwane who had been affected by xenophobic violence