Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development

Table of Contents
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Foreword by Satyajit Majumdar

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Archana Singh and Edakkandi Meethal Reji

PART 1: Sustainability of Organisation

Chapter 1. Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Emerging Research Issues

Archana Singh

Chapter 2. Madhav Sathe: Social Entrepreneur Seeking Opportunity in Problems

Satyajit Majumdar and Bina Ajay

Chapter 3. Business Services for Small Enterprise Development: Emerging Theory and Practices

Edakkandi Meethal Reji

PART 2: Sustainability of Community

Chapter 4. Case Studies on Utilisation of Community Radio in Achieving Sustainable Development

Amolina Ray

Chapter 5. Sustainable Development and Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Santhei Natural Park

Jackson Khumukcham, Satyajit Majumdar, and Samapti Guha

Chapter 6. Napasar: An Approach to Sustainable Livelihood

Anu Sharma, Simmi Bhagat, and Mona Suri

PART 3: Sustainability of Development

Chapter 7. Role of Social Enterprises in the Creation of Sustainable Livelihood: The Case of Microfinance Institutions in the Slums of Mumbai

Chandralekha Ghosh and Samapti Guha

Chapter 8. Social Entrepreneurship through the Lenses of Wellbeing and Sustainable Development: A Critique

Samapti Guha

Chapter 9. Sustainable Development and Green Financing: A Study on Banking Sector in Bangladesh

Dewan Muktadir-Al-Mukit and M. Ashraf Hossain

PART 4: Sustainability of Community and Organisation Interface

Chapter 10. Social Enterprises and Inclusive Societies: A SAATH Perspective

Archana Singh, Gladwin Issac and Shrinivas Sinha

Chapter 11. Is Serial Social Entrepreneurship Leading Towards Sustainable Development? A Case of Annapurna Pariwar

Samapti Guha, Medha Purao Samant, and Edakkandi Meethal Reji

Chapter 12. Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social Entrepreneurship (SE): A Conceptual Framework for Social Value Creation

Archana Singh

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This volume discusses the seminal interface between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development along with their inter-linkages. It traces the role of social entrepreneurship and innovations in societal transformation in creating sustainable societies, especially in developing nations. It explores how social entrepreneurship and enterprise is integral to the promise of fostering opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups (including the poor, women, and young people), as well as in addressing environmental and ecological issues apart from wealth creation.

The book presents key concepts, case studies, and multiple innovative models involving social entrepreneurship, such as green financing, serial social entrepreneurship, sustainable livelihood creation, and well-being, in addition to highlighting global sustainable development goals of the United Nations. The chapters are organised under the broad themes of sustainability of the organisation, sustainability of the community, sustainability of the development, and sustainability of the community–organisation interface. They examine social change, social innovation, social enterprise, small and micro-enterprises, microfinance institutions, inclusive growth, education, productivity, physical health, waste management, energy retention, self-reliance, and corporate social responsibility. They contain emerging research issues in the field as well as critical assessments while bringing together theoretical and practitioners’ perspectives.

This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, environmental studies, public policy, and political sociology. It will also greatly interest professionals from non-profit, corporate, and public sectors, other development practitioners, and international bodies.