A Handbook on Social Entrepreneurship and Non-Governmental Organizations with Case Studies

Abstract

This book is a compendium of social entrepreneurship and Non-Governmental Organizations with case studies. This book is a response to the lack of an academic book on Social entrepreneurship and Non-Governmental Organizations generally and in Africa particularly. It is an objective writing that is both expository and exploratory, informative and educative with twenty-six chapters. The first eight chapters focusses on the journey from the general entrepreneurship to social entrepreneurship by providing a general overview of the subject matter conceptually. The next two chapters were devoted to sustainable entrepreneurship and environmental entrepreneurship as related to social entrepreneurship whilst the eleventh chapter is on social business registration procedures. The next section is chapters twelve to eighteen presenting all that needs to be known about NGOs at this level, from history to classifications, characteristics and registration as well as for foundations. Chapters nineteen and twenty are devoted to social entrepreneurship in public sectors and the ways of introducing entrepreneurship into governmental Organizations. The models of entrepreneurship and various schools of thoughts are simplified with due consideration to social entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation in the subsequent chapters. Finally, the last two chapters are compilation of thirty-two case studies and practicing exercises to drive in the lessons into real life experiences. The book has the potential to benefit current practitioners, future social entrepreneurs, individuals, NGOS, public sectors and academics that are interested in the field of social entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the book will be suitable in developing the best possible curricula for educating students in NGOs and public sectors seeking to be entrepreneurial.