De Gruyter Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship

Part 3: Framing the Infrastructure Supporting the Mission-Driven Social Venture: Tools of the Trade

Overview

Part 3 presents a collection of chapters which are all related to the central theme of what we term “Framing the Infrastructure Supporting the Mission-Driven Social Venture: Tools of the Trade”. What do we mean by this? One way to think of this theme is that, while the things that an individual founder (or founders) of a social venture do are critical, there is a broader context in which every social entrepreneur operates. This includes governmental policies, support programs (government-based or otherwise), cultures, as well as the processes and mindsets these founders instill in the organizations they create (which in turn feedback ...