Springer Social Entrepreneurship: An Innovative Solution to Social Problems

This book incorporates theoretical framework and management cases in discussions on social enterprise in China. The authors look to address two fundamental questions about social enterprises in China that have been very controversial over the years. First, what is social enterprise? This book proposes a framework that defines Chinese social enterprises based on social entrepreneurship, and includes ten case studies for justification. Second, who are well-performed social enterprises with financial viability and proved social impact? The book describes in detail some of the leading social enterprises in China. It is aimed at a wide target audience. Practitioners will learn experience and lessons from the case studies. Academics can use the cases in different teaching contexts, and gain research inspirations from our framework and case studies. Policy makers, accreditation agencies, professional service providers, and institutional investors will learn to identify and evaluate promising social enterprises. From the Back Cover This book incorporates theoretical framework and management cases in discussions on social enterprise in China. The authors look to address two fundamental questions about social enterprises in China that have been very controversial over the years. First, what is social enterprise? This book proposes a framework that defines Chinese social enterprises based on social entrepreneurship, and includes ten case studies for justification. Second, who are well-performed social enterprises with financial viability and proved social impact? The book describes in detail some of the leading social enterprises in China. It is aimed at a wide target audience. Practitioners will learn experience and lessons from the case studies. Academics can use the cases in different teaching contexts, and gain research inspirations from our framework and case studies. Policy makers, accreditation agencies, professional service providers, and institutional investors will learn to identify and evaluate promising social enterprises. About the Author Meng Zhao,  a visiting associate professor at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, and a senior research fellow at Nanyang Center for Emerging Markets. He was an associate professor at the Renmin Business School, and the founding director of Yunus Center for Social Business & Microfinance, Renmin University of China. He received his Ph.D. from the Said Business School, Oxford University. He was a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University’s Philanthropy and Civil Society Research Center, and a visiting scholar at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a cofounder of an Oxford-based nonprofit organization called Youth Business Development International. He is the founding member of the Beijing Initiative on Social Enterprise Development in China. He sits in the academic committee for the annual Global Social Business Academic Conference and serves on the editorial review board for Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal. His research on stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship has appeared on Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship,Business Horizons, Stanford Social Innovation Review, CEIBS Business Review, Financial Times, etc. Ji-Ye Mao,  a Professor and Dean of the School of Business, Renmin University of China. His areas of research include managerial and behavioral issues in the adoption of information systems in general, and IT outsourcing management and digital transformation in particular. He is a leader and strong advocate in case-based and qualitative research in developing indigenous theories grounded in business administration in China. He is the Chairman of China Association for Information Systems (CNAIS), and the founding editor or Frontiers of Business Research in China. H