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Kalafatas
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Eiserloh
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Bostock
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CASE
Corner: A Conversation with Greg Dees |
The
Past, Present, and Future of Social Entrepreneurship
Interview by Katherine Fulton, president of
Monitor Institute, on behalf of New Profit, Inc.
 "I
think the new focus on social entrepreneurship is an expression
of pragmatism as much as idealism. It is being driven, in part,
by disappointed idealists who became disenchanted with the ability
of large-scale government programs to solve social problems. Too
often politics, budget constraints, and bureaucracy resulted in
inadequate or ineffective programs. Private citizens felt the need
to take initiative. They started looking for new and innovative
ways to tackle social issues and problems, and they were seeing
that it was important to tap into the kind of innovation that often
occurs outside of government agencies. As a result, people became,
in some sense, more open to using business concepts and ideas as
one avenue of innovation."
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| Business Skills in the Social Sector |
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Creating
a Social Enterprise Culture
By Prof. David J. Rendall, Mount Olive College
More
and more nonprofits believe that social enterprise will help them
to achieve their objectives. Evidence of this trend can be seen
in the rapidly growing membership of the Social Enterprise Alliance,
a national association of social enterprise practitioners. However,
developing a business venture within an existing nonprofit organization
creates significant challenges. One of the most serious is the need
to develop a new organizational culture.
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| SE
@ Work |
Pedal
Revolution
By Avani Khanna, Fuqua MBA 2006
 Pedal
Revolution bike shop, a social enterprise operated by Golden Gate
Community, Inc. (GGCI), was recently voted SF Weekly's
"Bay Area’s Best Bike Shop" for the third year in
a row. The reason for this recognition? A customer survey that Fuqua
student Avani Khanna conducted last summer as a REDF Farber Intern
revealed that Pedal Revolution’s customers love the friendly,
honest customer service they receive there, as well as the easygoing
sales atmosphere and selection of used and new bikes. They are also
enthusiastic about supporting Pedal Revolution’s social mission
of preparing at-risk youth for future employment and independence
through on-the-job training.
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more
Advice
for Bridging into the Nonprofit Sector
By Bridgestar, an initiative of The Bridgespan Group
A
growing number of business professionals and MBAs are leaving corporate
environments in hopes of making a difference in the nonprofit sector.
The need to deliver breakthrough results on thin margins puts a
premium on their strategic and project implementation skills, but
the difficulty of adjusting to work in a mission-based environment
can leave some new entrants, or “bridgers” into the
nonprofit sector, unsure of their moorings.
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| Research |
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Scaling Social Impact
Senior
Research Associate John Kalafatas is leading CASE's research initiative
on "scaling social impact," which builds on prior work by Faculty Director Greg Dees and Lecturer and Managing Director Beth Anderson.
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| SE in the Classroom |
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The New Business of Business Schools
By Jeffrey Spector, The Hudson Institute
Traditionally concerned with breeding managers and entrepreneurs who can thrive in a for-profit world, business schools are now training MBA students to flourish in environments driven by concern for the welfare of others as much as by the desire for profit.
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Welcome
to Generation "And": Campuses See a New Kind of Student
Involvement
By Roger Hahn, The Social Enterprise Reporter
The
past decade of dynamic growth in the nonprofit sector and its increasing
acceptance and validation of the for-profit business culture have
spurred a new student generation that enthusiastically embraces
the cause of widespread social change through organizational innovation.
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more
University
Network for Social Entrepreneurship Launched
A new global
network aims to develop and legitimize social entrepreneurship as
a vocation and a field of intellectual endeavor.
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