In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more peaceful world. This book offers the first general overview of social entrepreneurship in a Q & A format that allows readers to go directly to the information they need.

'Social Entrepreneurship' is a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways. Themed around the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact, Social Entrepreneurship offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners. .

Social innovation means people adopt new social practices to meet social needs in a different or more effective way. There is evidence that social innovation will become of growing importance not only concerning social integration, equal opportunities and dealing with the greenhouse effects but also with regard to preserving and expanding the innovative capacity of companies and societies. This book encompasses the societal and systemic dimensions of social innovation, collecting the scientific expertise of renowned experts and scholars from all over the world.

New times create new needs - and new needs require new solutions. The New Pioneers is about the social megatrends that are shaping our lives in new ways and creating a new face of capitalism. And it is about the pioneers paving the way for the new business revolution: social entrepreneurs and social intrapreneurs. With a wide array of cases from all over the world this book explains the key principles of sustainable business success