Knowledge-Based Social Entrepreneurship Understanding Knowledge Economy, Innovation, and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship /

• Main Author: Kabir, Mitt Nowshade (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth,
• Subjects: Small business.; Knowledge management.; Leadership.; Management information systems.; Development economics.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Small Business.; Knowledge Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Business Information Systems.; Development Economics.; Sustainability Management.
• Physical Description: XI, 368 p. 10 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137348098
• ISSN: 2662-3641
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-34809-8

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise and social enterprises are solving some of the most critical and enduring social problems by using innovative, pragmatic and sustainable business models. Access to knowledge thanks to the Internet and rapid expansion of the knowledge economy are opening new opportunities for social ventures. With knowledge-based social entrepreneurship where knowledge is the primary resource, more pressing social problems can be addressed by This book investigates this emerging concept, possibilities that it holds, its place in today's economy, and links bridges between knowledge, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Academics, entrepreneurs, students, and NGOs will find the theoretical and practical information presented in this book extremely valuable.