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Titolo: |
The economics of social responsibility : the world of social enterprises / / edited by Leonardo Becchetti and Carlo Borzaga
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Pubblicazione: | Milton Park, Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.7 |
Soggetto topico: | Nonprofit organizations |
Entrepreneurship | |
Social responsibility of business | |
Altri autori: |
BecchettiLeonardo
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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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The economics of social responsibility ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-96652-8 |
1-136-96653-6 | |
1-282-62945-X | |
9786612629457 | |
0-203-85102-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910791350603321 |
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