Revista Internacional de Economia e Ciências de Gestão

Incorporating Business Models and Strategies into Social Entrepreneurship: A Book Review

Abstract

Arpita Mehta

This book basically deals with unemployment and social issues across the globe and how social entrepreneurship can play vital role in solving above problem at global level. Social entrepreneurs, society and communities have power to generate employment and social welfare. Social entrepreneur have power to do social work, improve quality of life, work life balance and sustainable social development with employment of power through Incorporating business models, strategy and empowerment. Incorporating business models and strategies into social entrepreneurship helps to face social responsibility, social ethics, business ethics and corporate governance. Community development and growth is the major theme of work. Book has well written forwarding letter from Henry Wissink (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) that support to understand the book in brief. There are four sections in the book namely understanding social entrepreneurship, business models, strategies and global trends. Full book is further divided into sixteen chapters. The book is organized in a very systematic manner with an understandable language which shows author’s rich experience and knowledge in the field. Sequential presentation of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of abbreviations, and list of photographs, proper indexing and complete notes helps readers to gain a better understanding and encourages future reading. This book is an essential reference for consultant, professionals, academicians, students, social workers, research scholar, government officers, entrepreneurs and policymakers etc.