LibGuides: MBA 529: Social Entrepreneurship: Key Resources

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Business Plans Handbook by Gale Editors (Editor)
ISBN: 9781414468341
Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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The B Corp Handbook by Ryan Honeyman; Jay Coen Gilbert (Foreword by); Bart Houlahan (Foreword by); Andrew Kassoy (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781626560444
Publication Date: 2014-10-13
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New Strategies for Social Innovation by Steven G. Anderson
ISBN: 0231537387
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
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Social Enterprise by Marcus Thompson; Frank Martin
Call Number: HD60.M372010
ISBN: 9780230203723
Publication Date: 2010-03-10
Location: Galvin Circulating Collection - Upper Level
Profit and Purpose by Kyle Westaway
ISBN: 9781118708552
Publication Date: 2014-08-04
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Ashoka
Provides grant information, education, and professional connections for social entrepreneurs around the world.
B Corporations
"B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency."
Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Acumen Fund
Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.