Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development

This volume discusses the seminal interface between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development along with their inter-linkages. It traces the role of social entrepreneurship and innovations in societal transformation in creating sustainable societies especially in developing nations. It explores how social entrepreneurship and enterprise is integral to the promise of fostering opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups (including the poor women and young people) as well as in addressing environmental and ecological issues apart from wealth creation. The book presents key concepts case studies and multiple innovative models involving social entrepreneurship such as green financing serial social entrepreneurship sustainable livelihood creation and well-being in addition to highlighting global sustainable development goals of the United Nations. The chapters are organised under the broad themes of sustainability of the organisation sustainability of the community sustainability of the development and sustainability of the community-organisation interface. They examine social change social innovation social enterprise small and micro-enterprises microfinance institutions inclusive growth education productivity physical health waste management energy retention self-reliance and corporate social responsibility. They contain emerging research issues in the field as well as critical assessments while bringing together theoretical and practitioners’ perspectives. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies social entrepreneurship sustainable development environmental studies public policy and political sociology. It will also greatly interest professionals from non-profit corporate and public sectors other development practitioners and international bodies. Introduction Archana Singh and Edakkandi Meethal Reji . PART 1 Sustainability of Organisation Chapter 1. Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Emerging Research IssuesArchana Singh Chapter 2. Madhav Sathe Social Entrepreneur Seeking Opportunity in Problems Satyajit Majumdar and Bina Ajay Chapter 3. Business Services for Small Enterprise Development Emerging Theory and Practices Edakkandi Meethal Reji . PART 2 Sustainability of Community Chapter 4. Case Studies on Utilisation of Community Radio in Achieving Sustainable Development Amolina Ray Chapter 5. Sustainable Development and Indigenous Entrepreneurship A Case Study of Santhei Natural Park Jackson Khumukcham Satyajit Majumdar and Samapti Guha Chapter 6. Napasar An Approach to Sustainable Livelihood Anu Sharma Simmi Bhagat and Mona Suri . PART 3 Sustainability of Development Chapter 7. Role of Social Enterprises in the Creation of Sustainable Livelihood The Case of Microfinance Institutions in the Slums of Mumbai Chandralekha Ghosh and Samapti Guha Chapter 8. Social Entrepreneurship through the Lenses of Wellbeing and Sustainable Development A Critique Samapti Guha Chapter 9. Sustainable Development and Green Financing A Study on Banking Sector in Bangladesh Dewan Muktadir-Al-Mukit and M. Ashraf Hossain . PART 4 Sustainability of Community and Organisation Interface Chapter 10. Social Enterprises and Inclusive Societies A SAATH Perspective Archana Singh Gladwin Issac and Shrinivas Sinha Chapter 11. Is Serial Social Entrepreneurship Leading Towards Sustainable Development? A Case of Annapurna Pariwar Samapti Guha Medha Purao Samant and Edakkandi Meethal Reji Chapter 12. Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social Entrepreneurship (SE) A Conceptual Framework for Social Value Creation Archana SinghAbout the AuthorEdited by Archana Singh is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship School of Management and Labour Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai India. She teaches social entrepreneurship social sector perspectives and intervent