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The Social Enterprise Emerges in China

Social enterprises are being shaped by cultural and linguistic history, new state approaches to economic and social development, and strategic framing.
By Meng Zhao | Spring 2012

Articles

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  • child_in_education_system All across the developing world, poor parents are investing in low-cost private education for their children—and seeing positive results.

    By Josh Kwan
  • Daughters_of_the_Declaration:_How_Women_Social_Entrepreneurs_Built_the_American_Dream_Claire Gaudiani_David_Graham_Burnett Did American women actually invent social entrepreneurship?

    Reviewed By Alana Conner
  • jeff_skoll_headshot Jeff Skoll is one of the most creative, generous, and effective philanthropists of his time. And at age 47, he’s just getting started.

    By Eric Nee
  • arrow_newspaper A new generation of journalists is developing for-profit and nonprofit enterprises to keep citizens informed.

    By Jeremy Adam Smith
  • economic_development_mountain_hazelnut_venture_MHV_Bhutan MHV, a for-profit social enterprise, aims to make Bhutan a large-scale producer of hazelnuts.

    By Suzie Boss
  • flower In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.

    By William Foote
  • Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.

    Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
  • entrepreneur The UK microcredit business Fair Finance is paving the road for the growth of microfinance in the developed world.

    By Leonora Buckland & Michael Hay
  • The_Great_Stagnation:_How_America_Ate_All_the_Low-Hanging_Fruit_of_Modern_History,_Got_Sick,_and_Will(Eventually)_Feel_Better_Tyler_Cowen Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.

    Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
  • Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders by John Coleman, Daniel Gulati and W. Oliver Segovia An excerpt from Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders.

    By John Coleman, Daniel Gulati, & W. Oliver Segovia

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Podcasts

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  • Chris Bradford,  Co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, on the role of education in Africa. Chris Bradford, co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, discusses the role of educational institutions in shaping the future of Africa.

    Featuring Chris Bradford
  • Jane Chen on social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneur Jane Chen discusses the challenges and rewards of the developing an innovative product, and shares insights on the attitudes that allow entrepreneurs to find success.

    Featuring Jane Chen
  • Jennifer Lynn Aaker on social responsibility in daily life Jennifer Lynn Aaker discusses a repeatable method that we can follow to get people to take action, but perhaps even more important, to influence people to get others to take action as well.

    Featuring Jennifer Lynn Aaker
  • Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, on social entrepreneurship Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, identifies key skills of change makers and lays out a plan to teach these skills around the world.

    Featuring Bill Drayton
  • Founder of DonorsChoose.org Charles Best on his company and nonprofit management Founder of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity helping students in need, Charles Best talks about how he started the organization and what some of its challenges have been along the way.

    Featuring Charles Best
  • EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya on social entrepreneurship in education EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya discusses his commitment to helping students in developing countries and how he started the enterprise.

    Featuring Piyush Mangukiya
  • COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal on the social environment in Chiapas and his nonprofit COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal talks about the social environment in Chiapas that led to the founding of the organization, and how the co-op works.

    Featuring Alberto Irezabal

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