Social Business Blog

Rechtsextreme und rassistische Gewalt 2008

2008-05-07T18:27:00.004+01:00

Guide To Financing For Social Enterprise

2008-03-01T19:14:00.000Z

Locating and obtaining funds for social enterprise can be complicated. This guide is an attempt to demystify the financing options open to both new, and practicing, social entrepreneurs. It may also point these entrepreneurs in the direction of financial strategies that might not otherwise have occurred to them.

http://smallbusinessbc.ca/pdf/guidetofinance_june05_eng.pdf

The Limits of Social Enterprise

2008-03-01T19:13:00.000Z

In many respects, the social enterprise revolution has been a great success: It has fostered an emphasis among nonprofits on achieving measurable results for clients. This report embraces the broad notion of social enterprise as flexible and entrepreneurial entities, but it raises cautions about the more specific notion of non-profits operating businesses.

http://www.seedco.org/publications/publications/social_enterprise.pdf

Becoming a Social Entrepreneur

2008-03-01T19:12:00.000Z

Lesson about becoming a Social Entrepreneur designed for social studies, communication arts,
current events, and business education classes in grades 9-12.

http://www-tc.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/acrobat/Becoming-a-Social-Entrepreneur.pdf

Bill Gates Davos

2008-03-01T19:11:00.001Z

In this speech Bill Gates calls for a new form of capitalism that works both to generate profits and solve the world’s inequities, using market forces to better address the needs of the poor. According to Gates, 'disparity between the rich and the poor are greater today than ever'. Gates' idea of creative capitalism combines the "two great focuses of human nature -- self-interest and caring for others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql-Mtlx31e8

Profit with a conscience, can business be good?

2008-03-01T19:08:00.000Z

This investigation seeks to promote discussion of for-profit social entrepreneurship by examining the conceptual and empirical evidence supporting this concept.

http://peaceworks.com/inc/LSE_FINAL_THESIS.pdf

The Rise of the Social Entrepreneuer

2008-03-01T19:07:00.000Z

The welfare state is under increasing pressure,unable to respond effectively to a growing array of social problems. New solutions need to be found. Social entrepreneurs will be one of the most important sources of innovation.This report is based on case studies of five social entrepreneurs in the UK

http://www.demos.co.uk/files/theriseofthesocialentrepreneur.pdf

Social Business

2008-02-22T18:25:00.000Z

Social business is a theory put forward by Nobel Peace Prize 2006 winner economist Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, which according to him could immensely benefit many of the poor nations in the world.

http://www.moveyourworld.nl/docs/uploads/Mohammed-Yunus-Social-Entrepreneurs%5B1%5D.pdf