Africa developmentThis article reviews research on promoting social entrepreneurship and enterprise in Africa. It also presents brief case studies on how select Western universities, NGOs and corporations are partnering with African institutions to help train and launch social entrepreneurs, to open up ...
In Africa, a social entrepreneur called Trevor Field introduced the PlayPump Water System to villages in the early 1990s. It was a social innovation meant to alleviate the difficulty girls and women faced in walking long distances to get water, but it ultimately failed. What happened? The initia...
Social entrepreneurship is the organization of a business around specific social and environmental causes, and can include both nonprofit organizations and charities and for-profit social enterprises. Social entrepreneurs differ from traditional entrepreneurs in that their main drive is to make a difference...
Social Entrepreneurship Is Here To Stay In the age of heightened competition, social responsibility is a differentiating factor that allows many companies to appeal to specific buyer demographics. Plus, consumers — now more than ever — trust brands that they believe are committed to impact ...
Africaeconomic developmentmicrofinancesocial entrepreneurshipThis paper analyzes the potential impact of social entrepreneurship, and especially microfinance, on development in Africa. Social entrepreneurship could play an important role in development. However, social entrepreneurship has limited po...
Institutional framing of CSR and social entrepreneurship interactions in South Africa Objectives. This paper considers the intersection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship in South Africa through the lens of institutional theories and draws upon a number of illustrative case...
South Africa's Community Work Programme as Social Entrepreneurship: A Sociological Perspective 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 26 作者:Shumba, Rejoice 摘要: The study of social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum in academia, in research institutions as well as in practice; however, there is...
This short video tells the social entrepreneurship story of Hot Bread Kitchen in New York – a charity that’s built a thriving bakery around itself. How an Online Scandal Saved Dominoes Pizza When most companies find themselves in the middle of a public scandal, the typical reaction is to ...
In interviews, it was reported that through the program, young people were supported to develop a culture of saving and entrepreneurship. A focus of activities has been placed on teaching cultural values to the younger generation, especially in view of the social and ethnic divisions that ...
Such companies often contribute to their communities or help those in need. Social entrepreneurship is growing, with capital provided by investors looking at socially responsible investing and environmental, social, and governance criteria. 1. Bill Drayton Bill Drayton is recognized as one of the pione...