Social Enterprise

Accountability and Evaluation around the World
Herausgeber: Denny, Simon; Seddon, Frederick

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook introduces and explains the terminology surrounding social enterprise and brings much-needed rigour to proceedings by demonstrating how this can be measured, evaluated and held accountable. The result is a fascinating summary of current thinking surrounding this topic from some of the leading experts in this area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780415626101
• ISBN-10: 0415626102
• Artikelnr.: 37631178

Autorenporträt

Simon Denny is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Development Director at the University of Northampton. His research interests are in the areas of social enterprise, entrepreneurship and social inclusion, and effective support for new enterprises. He is joint head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Governance (CEEG). Fred Seddon is Social Enterprise Researcher in the School of Social Sciences at Northampton University. Prior to taking up his current post he held research posts at the Open University, UK, and Padua University, Italy. He has published extensively in the fields of Social Enterprise and Music Psychology/Education

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Overview 1. Evaluating Social Enterprise: An International
Perspective Part II: Defining Social Enterprise: A Theoretical Perspective
2. Social Enterprise or Social Entrepreneurship: Which Matters and Why? 3.
Social Enterprise Management: How do Social Enterprises Compete 4. It's not
You, it's Me!: Breaking up Social Entrepreneurship Identity Part III:
Evaluating Social Enterprise: International Research Studies 5.Working for
a Social Enterprise: An Exploration of Employee Rewards and Motivations 6.
When Social Enterprises do it Better: Efficiency and Efficacy of Work
Integration in the Italian Social Cooperatives 7. Fostering Wellbeing of
Immigrants and Refugees?: Evaluating the Outcomes of Work Integration
Social Enterprise 8. Does Social Enterprise offer any Added Value?: A
Comparative Evaluation of the Outcome Benefits of Work-Integration
Programmes in the Third and Private Sectors 9. How do we know if Social
Enterprise Works?: Tools for Assessing Social Enterprise Performance Part
IV: Evaluating Social Enterprise: A Critical Perspective 10. Filling the
Capital Gap: Institutionalizing 'Social' Finance 11. In Futile Search of
Excellence: The 'Muddling through Agenda' of Service-Providing Social
Enterprises in Contemporary Europe 12. Social Enterprise through a Critical
Appreciative Lens Part V: The Future for Evaluation of Social Enterprise
13. Summarising and Projecting into the Future