How to change the world social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas

Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship--in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether delivering solar energy to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bornstein, David, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press [2007]
Edición:Updated edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009767114706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Restless people
  • From little acorns do great trees grow
  • The light in my head went on : Fábio Rosa, Brazil : rural electrification
  • The fixed determination of an indomitable will : Florence Nightingale, England : nursing
  • A very significant force : Bill Drayton, United States : the bubble
  • Why was I never told about this?
  • Ten-nine-eight-childline! Jeroo Billimoria, India : child protection
  • The role of the social entrepreneur
  • "What sort of a mother are you?" : Erzsébet Szekeres, Hungary : assisted living for the disabled
  • Are they possessed, really possessed, by an idea?
  • If the world is to be put in order : Vera Cordeiro, Brazil : reforming healthcare
  • In search of social excellence
  • The talent is out there : J. B. Schramm, United States : college access
  • New opportunities, new challenges
  • Something needed to be done : Veronica Khosa, South Africa : care for AIDs patients
  • Four practices of innovative organizations
  • This country has to change : Javed Abidi, India : disability rights
  • Six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs
  • Morality must march with capacity : James Grant, United States : the child survival revolution
  • Blueprint copying
  • Conclusion : the emergence of the citizen sector.