Knowledge-based social entrepreneurship : understanding knowledge economy, innovation, and the future of social entrepreneurship
Mitt Nowshade Kabir (Author)
Social entrepreneurship is on the rise and social enterprises are solving some of the most critical and enduring social problems by using innovative, pragmatic and sustainable business models. Access to knowledge thanks to the Internet and rapid expansion of the knowledge economy are opening new opportunities for social ventures. With knowledge-based social entrepreneurship where knowledge is the primary resource, more pressing social problems can be addressed by This book investigates this emerging concept, possibilities that it holds, its place in today's economy, and links bridges between knowledge, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Academics, entrepreneurs, students, and NGOs will find the theoretical and practical information presented in this book extremely valuable
Springer eBooks
1 online resource (xi, 368 pages).
9781137348098, 1137348097
1089007311
Introduction
Part I
Knowledge economy
Knowledge society
Technologies of the future
Part II
Knowledge
Innovation
Part III
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
Strategy, strategy formulation, and business models
Opportunity development and commercialization