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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791350603321

Titolo

The economics of social responsibility : the world of social enterprises / / edited by Leonardo Becchetti and Carlo Borzaga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-96652-8

1-136-96653-6

1-282-62945-X

9786612629457

0-203-85102-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in social economics  The economics of social responsibility

Altri autori (Persone)

BecchettiLeonardo

BorzagaCarlo

Disciplina

338.7

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations

Entrepreneurship

Social responsibility of business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 The economics of social enterprises: An interpretative framework; 2 The competitive advantages of social enterprises; 3 The impact of social enterprises on output, employment, and welfare; 4 From economic growth to sustainable development; 5 The provision of welfare and general-interest services; 6 Social enterprises and the integration of disadvantaged workers; 7 The fair- trade debate and its underpinnings; 8 An empirical test of fair trade

9 Microfinance: A frontier social enterprise10 Only the fittest survive?: A test of the sustainability of corporate social responsibility; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a rethinking of the burgeoning research on not-for-profit organizations and socially responsible economics. Adopting a comparative approach, the chapters explore and reinterpret the impact



of social enterprises on the provision of general-interest services, work integration, microfinance, and fair trade, and show how these enterprises form the hub of an emerging economy of social responsibility. The book provides a new interpretation of social enterprises as entrepreneurial organizations that pursue social objectives and are successful due to the non-self-seeking motives of