Scaling the Social Enterprise

Lessons Learned from Founders of Social Startups

Jennifer M. Walske, Elizabeth Foster, Laura D. Tyson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2021
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
9781788113717 (ISBN)

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Scaling the Social Enterprise is an ideal text for courses that focus on social entrepreneurship and social innovation, at either the graduate or undergraduate level. Common themes across high growth social startups discussed in the book include:

building and modifying a management team for growth
creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network
choosing corporate form and funders
moving from idea to pilot, to roll-out, and pivots along the way
the importance of media magic in building a brand
developing and refining one’s value chain
the pivotal role of technology in scaling.

Featuring high profile, high growth social startups including Fair Trade USA, Revolution Foods, Sanergy, Kiva, d.light, Back to the Roots, and Grameen America, the chapter on funding social startups also profiles social funders such as Bridges Fund Management and Better Ventures, amongst others.

Jennifer M. Walske, Visiting, Distinguished Scholar, Berkeley Haas, Adjunct Professor, USC Marshall and Managing Director,Myriad Investments, US, Elizabeth Foster, Portfolio and Investment Manager, Autodesk Foundation and Laura D. Tyson, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, US

Contents: Preface Introduction to Scaling the Social Enterprise 1. Building and modifying the team for growth 2. Creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network 3. Choosing corporate form and funders 4. The role of media in building a brand 5. Moving from idea to pilot to scale 6. Defining and refining one’s value chain 7. The pivotal role of technology in scaling 8. Measuring impact Conclusion to Scaling the Social Enterprise Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.07.2021
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-13	9781788113717 / 9781788113717
Zustand	Neuware