Mission, Inc : a practitioner's guide to social enterprise / Kevin Lynch, Julius Walls, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Kevin, 1956 November 15-

Contributor:

Walls, Julius.

Series:

Social venture network series.

The social venture network series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--Moral and ethical aspects.

Entrepreneurship.

Social entrepreneurship.

Social responsibility of business.

Industrial management--Moral and ethical aspects.

Industrial management.

Quality of work life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Practitioner's guide to social enterprise

Mission Incorporated

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. : Ingram Publishers Services [distributor], c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Two social entrepreneurs draw on their own extensive experiences and those of20 other enterprise leaders to focus on the fundamental blocking and tacklingtactics that make the difference between success and failure.

Contents:

The most successful business on earth

The ten paradoxes of social enterprise

Doing good versus doing well: balancing impact and profit

Form versus function: choosing the right structure

Planning versus practice: working with discipline

Debits versus credits: creating financial health

Do-gooders versus good doers: hiring the best people

Perception versus reality: marketing on higher ground

Value versus waste: leaning the enterprise

Metrics versus instinct: measuring success

Growth versus focus: expanding sensibly

Sweat equity versus blood equity: caring for yourself.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and index.

ISBN:

9786612299094

9781282299092

1282299093

9781576756188

1576756181

OCLC:

476226452