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Articles Conceptualizing Nonprofit Commericialism: A Case Study by Stefan Toepler. Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal. vol 3, no 4, 2004: pp 1-19. Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship”, The by J. Gregory Dees (1998) One Day Conference on Social Entrepreneurship: Increasing Your Revenue and Outreach. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations. May 11, 2006. Pathways to Social Impact: Strategies for Scaling Out Successful Social Innovations by J. Gregory Dees, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University ; Beth Battle Anderson, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University; Jane Wei-Skillern, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University) August 2002 Process of Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Opportunities Worthy of Serious Pursuit, The by Ayse Guclu, J. Gregory Dees, and Beth Battle Anderson (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University), 2002 Profit Making in Nonprofits: An Assessment of Entrepreneurial Ventures in Nonprofit Organizations. Tropman Report. Nov 2002. Social Entrepreneurship - Leadership That Facilitates Societal Transformation— An Exploratory Study by Sarah H. Alvord, L. David Brown, and Christine W. Letts. Social Entrepreneurship: Pattern-Changing Entrepreneurs And The Scaling Of Social Impact By David A. Sherman (Case Western Reserve University) Social Entrepreneurship: The Double Bottom Line (Illinois Facilities Fund) Social Entrepreneurship: Towards An Entrepreneurial Culture For Social And Economic Development by Susan Davis, Ashoka Social Entrepreneurship and Social Transformation: An Exploratory Study by Sarah H. Alvord et al. The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and The Kennedy School of Government. Nov 2002. Social Entrepreneurship Basics, Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, July 2002 Social Enterprise Typology by Kim Alter. Study of Social Enterprise Training & Support Models: Research Report by Lisa M. Olszak and Matthew S. Sidorick. Olszack Management Consulting. Nov 2003. Toward a better understanding of social entrepreneurship: Some important distinctions by Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg Unleashing New Resources and Entrepreneurship for the Common Good - A Scan, Synthesis, and Scenario for Action by Tom Reis. Jan 1999. Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization by Rolfe Larson (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) - sample chapter What is a Social Entrepreneur? (excerpted from http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/social_entrepreneur.cfm) Why You Need to Be More Entrepreneurial—And How to Get Started by Peter Brinckerhoff Audio Files
Web Sources Ashoka - Ashoka's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated, and to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. Ashoka identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs - extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities - supporting them, their ideas and institutions through all phases of their careers. Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - The Schwab Foundation provides a global platform to promote social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner. Social Enterprise Alliance - ""What we are about is the business of changing the entire paradigm by which not-for-profits operate and generate the capital they need to carry out their mission -- a new paradigm based on sustainability and social entrepreneurship." REDF -"“While we will be taking a somewhat fresh approach — and reaching out to a new group of nonprofit organizations — our core commitments remain the same: (1) strengthening San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits and social enterprises through the REDF Portfolio to ensure that more individuals can find hope and independence through work; and (2) sharing what we learn about social enterprise, measurement, organizational effectiveness, and engaged philanthropy with nonprofit practitioners, funders, academics, and entrepreneurs around the globe through the REDF Academy.” Fourth Sector -"Over the past few decades, the boundaries between the public (government), private (business), and social (non-profit/non-governmental) sectors have been blurring, while a Fourth Sector of organization has been emerging. The archetypal Fourth Sector model is sometimes referred to as a For-Benefit organization, and the sector itself is also referred to as the For-Benefit Sector. There are a wide variety of other Fourth Sector models and approaches, bearing different names and emphasizing or embodying different aspects of the For-Benefit model. " Win-Win Partners - Win-Win Partners are companies and organizations achieving competitive advantage through community investment. Companies employing win-win strategies as smart business solutions include major U.S. corporations such as IBM, State Farm Insurance, Marriott International, Pfizer, the Gap and many others. Win-Win Partners also include national organizations that assist companies with successful execution of these strategies by providing them with valuable services such as research and market data, brokering, networking pportunities with other executives, and years of professional experience in this field. Partners for the Common Good - Partners for the Common Good, Inc. ("PCG") is a nonprofit community development loan fund/Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), whose mission is to promote economic justice and social change by providing access to debt capital to community-based ventures that advance the "common good". PCG seeks to support innovative organizations and emerging sectors that have high potential to create economic opportunities for low-income people, women, people of color, at-risk populations, and others who are often left out of the economic mainstream.
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