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Getting beyond better : how social entrepreneurship works / Roger L. Martin and Sally R. Osberg ; foreword by Arianna Huffington.

by Martin, Roger L.

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Harvard Business Review Press, [2015]

Social entrepreneurship.

9781633690684 (hc.)

xiii, 248 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Arianna Huffington -- Introduction: What is social entrepreneurship? -- Part I. Transformation for good. Shifting an equilibrium -- The nature of social entrepreneurship -- Part II. Paths to transformation. Understanding the world -- Envisioning a new future -- Building a model for change -- Scaling the solution -- A path forward.

"Who really moves things forward in our society and how do they do it? Strategy guru Roger Martin and Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg make a compelling argument that social entrepreneurs are agents of change who recognize various kinds of systems in need of change and then advance social progress by transforming these systems, ultimately replacing what exists with a new equilibrium. Seen in this light, social entrepreneurship is not a marginal activity, but one that unleashes new value for society by releasing untapped human ambition. The authors set out a framework for understanding how successful social entrepreneurs actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a better future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. Martin and Osberg offer rich examples and stories, and share lessons and tools applicable to everyone who aspires to drive positive change, offering a bold new framework demonstrating how and why meaningful change actually happens in the world, and offering concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policy-makers, and civil society organizations to generate new value"--Provided by publisher.

Osberg, Sally R.

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