International Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship [Hardcover]

Social entrepreneurship has become a global phenomenon. Drawing from the 2nd International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference held in New York, this book provides an in-depth discussion of this vibrant area of research, explores its regional variation across continents, and looks at new theoretical perspectives.Activist or Entrepreneur? An Identity-based Model of Social Entrepreneurship; S. V. K. Simms and J. Robinson Capturing the Performance of the Socially Entrepreneurial Organization: An Organizational Legitimacy Approach; A. Nicholls Long-Term Survivability of Social Ventures; Qualitative Analysis of External and Internal Explanations; M. Sharir A Research-Based Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship; H. Haugh Discrete Choices, Trade-Offs, and Advantages: Modelling Social Venture Opportunities and Intentions; N. Krueger, Jr. J. Kickul, L. K. Gundry, R. Verman and F. Wilson Social Entrepreneurship as Institution Building; J. Mair and I. Marti Social Entrepreneurship: An Asian Perspective; M. Lisa M. Dacanay Strategy in Social Enterprise of Business and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica ; D. Arenas, J. Bruni, P. M?rquez and A. Vernis Mechanisms for Supporting Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study and Analysis of Israeli Incubator; V. J. FriedmanDANIEL ARENAS is Associate Professor at ESADE Business School-Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain, where he teaches Business Ethics, Corporate Responsibility and Sociology.JOSEFINA BRUNI CELLI is Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Center for Public Policy of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administraci?n (IESA), Caracas, Venezuela.MARIE LISA DACANAY is Associate Professor and faculty champion for social entrepreneurship at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in the Philippines.LISA GUNDRY is Professor of Management at the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and Director of the Center for Creativity and Innovation at DePaul University in Chicago, where she teaclcq