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Enterprising Social Innovation: The Intersection of Two Schools of Practice and Thought

CASE Faculty Director Greg Dees and Managing Director Beth Anderson co-authored “Framing a Theory of Social Entrepreneurship: Building on Two Schools of Practice and Thought,” published recently in a new volume on social entrepreneurship, Research on Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding and Contributing to an Emerging Field. In this paper, Dees and Anderson identify two dominant schools of social entrepreneurship practice and thought: the Social Enterprise School and the Social Innovation School, arguing that the most promising area for academic inquiry lies at the intersection of the two, around “enterprising social innovation."

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What Business Execs Don’t Know–but Should-About Nonprofits

CASE Advisory Board member Les Silverman co- authored a recent article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on “What Business Execs Don’t Know–but Should-About Nonprofits.” Based on their experiences as co-founders of McKinsey & Company’s Global Nonprofit Practice, the authors identified a gap in understanding between the business and nonprofit worlds that has significant repercussions for nonprofit organizations and the sector as a whole. Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector -- as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations. In this article, 11 executives who have played leadership roles in both for-profits and nonprofits reveal the critical differences between the two, and suggest ways that business and nonprofit leaders can use this information to create a more effective social sector.

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Headlines & Features Enterprising Social Innovation: The Intersection of Two Schools of Practice and Thought CASE Faculty Director Greg Dees and Managing Director Beth Anderson co-authored “Framing a Theory of Social Entrepreneurship: Building on Two Schools of Practice and Thought,” published recently in a new volume on social entrepreneurship, Research on Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding and Contributing to an Emerging Field. In this paper, Dees and Anderson identify two dominant schools of social entrepreneurship practice and thought: the Social Enterprise School and the Social Innovation School, arguing that the most promising area for academic inquiry lies at the intersection of the two, around “enterprising social innovation." Read a more detailed summary of the article. Learn more about the volume and how to purchase it from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Occasional Paper Series. What Business Execs Don’t Know–but Should-About Nonprofits CASE Advisory Board member Les Silverman co- authored a recent article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on “What Business Execs Don’t Know–but Should-About Nonprofits.” Based on their experiences as co-founders of McKinsey & Company’s Global Nonprofit Practice, the authors identified a gap in understanding between the business and nonprofit worlds that has significant repercussions for nonprofit organizations and the sector as a whole. Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector -- as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations. In this article, 11 executives who have played leadership roles in both for-profits and nonprofits reveal the critical differences between the two, and suggest ways that business and nonprofit leaders can use this information to create a more effective social sector. Download the full article. Access your FREE trial subscription to the Stanford Social Innovation Review.	News Paul Bloom joins CASE as Senior Research Scholar CASE Receives $200,000 Grant from Skoll Foundation CASE Establishes Advisory Board of Leaders from Business, Philanthropy, and the Social Sector Greg Dees quoted in The Economist and on CNN.com CASE Releases Report on Scaling Social Impact Survey