TY - GEN AU - Thompson,Marcus AU - Mawson,Suzanne AU - Martin,Frank TI - Social entrepreneurs: can they change the world? : high-impact social ventures SN - 9781137520074 U1 - 361.765 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Social entrepreneurship KW - Social change N1 - An introduction to the high impact social venture -- What makes a social venture special? -- The nature of social entrepreneurs -- Starting a social venture -- Marketing for a social venture -- Social venture income streams -- Thinking internationally -- Disruptive thinking, creativity and social innovation -- Scaling up for success -- Assessing impact N2 - There is a discussion that social enterprises are a way of solving our social problems. Few, however, are capable of accelerated growth and go on to create an international and socially sustainable footprint. This revised and updated second edition will equip you with the tools needed to create and manage a successful social enterprise with a positive social impact and commercial success. This textbook is also a crucial companion for existing ventures to scale up and increase social impact locally, nationally or internationally ER -