Understanding Social Entrepreneurship

Jill Kickul is Director of the Stern School of Business Program in Social Entrepreneurship at the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, NYU, USA. As a Clinical Professor of Business and Society, she teaches courses in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and social impact strategies. She has published more than one hundred journal articles and books on the subject of entrepreneurship. Thomas S. Lyons is the Lawrence N. Field Family Chair in Entrepreneurship, Professor of Management, and Field Mentor at Baruch College CUNY, USA. He has expertise in the following subjects: entrepreneurship, economic development, strategic planning, and public–private partnerships. He is co-author or editor of eleven books and has published over sixty articles and papers in scholarly outlets on entrepreneurial and economic strategy.

1. Introduction 2. Defining and Distinguishing Social Entrepreneurship 3. Recognizing Social Opportunities 4. Lean Startup for Social Enterprises 5. Developing a Strategic Plan for a Social Venture 6. Organizational Structure 7. Funding Social Ventures 8. Measuring Social Impact 9. Scaling the Social Venture 10. Social Intrapreneurship 11. Social Entrepreneurship and Environmental Sustainability 12. The Social Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem 13. The Future of Social Entrepreneurship