Part 1 – Theoretical Perspectives on Social Enterprise
Chapter 1 – The Social Economy and Big Society
Chapter 2 – Defining Social Enterprise
Chapter 3 – The Politics of Social Enterprise
Part 2 – Sustainable Enterprises and Communities
Chapter 4 – Measuring Social Value
Chapter 5 – Income Streams and Capital Management
Chapter 6 – Social Investment and Crowdfunding
Chapter 7 – Social and Ethical Capital
Part 3 – The Practice of Social Enterprise
Chapter 8 – Strategic Management and Planning
Chapter 9 – Management Ideologies
Chapter 10 – Leadership, Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship
Chapter 11 – Identities and Legalities
Chapter 12 – Governance and Human Relations
Postscript
Dr Rory Ridley-Duff worked for 12 years as a director of the
workers co-operative Computercraft Ltd, and has built his academic
career through a PhD study of School Trends Ltd during its
conversion to a social enterprise. His primary research interest is
the process by which democratic relations develop in both informal
and formal organisations and affect governing processes.
He has now authored 35 scholarly papers, four books and two novels.
In addition to this book, he has published ‘The Case for
FairShares’ to articulate findings from a decade of action research
at Sheffield Business School, that explores social enterprise as a
route to solidarity between social entrepreneurs, producers,
consumers and small investors (see www.fairshares.coop). His
research has been published in Human Relations, Corporate
Governance: An International Review, the Industrial Relations
Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and
Research, the Social Enterprise Journal and Journal of Cooperative
Studies with best paper awards from Emerald Publishing and the
Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
He remains connected to practice through directorships with Social
Enterprise Europe and the FairShares Association. His academic
leadership roles include Chair of the PRME Group at Sheffield
Business School and Acting Chair of the International Cooperative
Business Education Consortium (ICBEC).
Dr Mike Bull is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Manchester
Metropolitan University Business School, recently completing his
PhD by publication, entitled ‘The Development of Social Enterprise
in the UK: Some Operational and Theoretical Contributions to
Knowledge’.
Mike has a decade of experience and knowledge of social enterprise,
having led several UK and European funded research projects. He
also developed one of the first undergraduate modules on social
enterprise in 2005. Mike has held two Directorships in social
enterprises during the past decade, as well as gaining industrial
expertise, having previously worked for 16 years in the printing
industry for private, public and third sector organisations.
Mike is an editorial board member of the Social Enterprise Journal.
He is Track Chair of Social Environmental and Ethical Enterprise of
the International Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
(ISBE). Mike is also on the Programme Board of ‘Social Economy’
published by Cracow University of Economics.
The first edition of this book has become a standard resource.
I am thrilled to see that the second edition makes a strong
connection to the theme of responsible management, about which
there is much to say in the social enterprise context.
*Oliver Laasch*
A comprehensive overview of social enterprise – from its history
and development to integrated accounting, investment models and
governance. You will come out on the other side ready to lead
change and question the norms of traditional market approaches.
*Jonas Haertle*
An important contribution to social enterprise scholarship that is
also of considerable interest to practitioners and policy makers.
Its integration of management frameworks, social theory and public
policy approaches provides a fresh set of perspectives and insights
on this increasingly influential sector.
*Alex Nicholls, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business
School*
Understanding Social Enterprise presents complex and unified
analysis of the topic which will allow both academic and
nonacademic readers to reflect deeply on social enterprise as
legitimately comprising a fourth sector as opposed to a subsector
or a hybrid between the public and the private sectors.
This book is a must read for scholars, practitioners, and students
of social enterprise and/or social entrepreneurship to understand
the theoretical, managerial, and practical complexities these firms
embrace to achieve success. Innovation purpose and
mutuality/reciprocity are collaborative dimensions which can
transform the maturing field of social enterprise.?????????
*Patsy Kraeger*
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