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Heinz College's Institute for Social Innovation Launches The Chronicle of Social Enterprise

The inaugural issue of The Chronicle of Social Enterprise, published by the Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College Institute for Social Innovation, is now available as a free PDF download at http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/download.aspx?id=767.

This issue profiles 20 affirmative businesses, plus stories about affirmative business incubators, the role of the federal government and the rise of the movement internationally. Affirmative businesses are social enterprises that provide jobs, competitive wages and career tracks to people who are physically, mentally, economically or educationally disadvantaged.

Social Enterprise: At the Crossroads of Market, Public Policy and Civil Society

Social Enterprise: At the Crossroads of Market, Public Policy and Civil Society

New Series Issue in Routledge Studies in Management of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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This new text develops a comparative European analysis, within a multidisciplinary framework, of 160 social enterprises in 11 EU countries.

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Xigi.net Social Networking Tool Online

Xigi.net Social Networking Tool Online

Community Map Reveals How Businesses and Investors Do Good

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San Francisco CA, January 10 /Xigi.net Press Release/ -- The market for businesses and investors that do good just came into focus thanks to new online maps that track the fast-growing capital market that includes fair trade, microfinance, social enterprise, independent media and clean technology.

The growing data emanating from www.xigi.net (pronounced “ziggy,” from zeitgeist) confirms there is a new investor mindset at work in the emerging social capital market. More investors are ready to put money into businesses that are designed to create both social and financial gain.



Social Enterprise: A Legal Context

Social Enterprise: A Legal Context

Exempt Organization Tax Review - Tax Analysts Special Report

by Robert Wexler, principal with Silk, Adler & Colvin

Business as UNusual: The 2006 Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs

Business as UNusual: The 2006 Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs

Free Guide Online

Net Impact, a nonprofit organization with graduate business students and professional members dedicated to creating a better world through business has just released Business as UNusual: The 2006 Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs. The guide, available for free download, is the first of its kind to focus specifically on student perspectives on social and environmental themes in MBA and other graduate programs-curriculum, career services, and student activities. The guide contains detailed profiles of 39 programs, as well as student ratings of their schools along 20 different categories.

Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets, Published by Berrett-Koehler

Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets, Published by Berrett-Koehler

By John Weiser, Michele Kahane, Steve Rochlin and Jessica Landis

From the Publisher's Press Release:
Untapped provides concrete, grounded guidance for investing in and partnering with underserved communities to create not only significant competitive advantages but also vibrant communities in which to live, work, and do business.

Reader Reviews, Excerpts and Synopsis available at BKConnection.com

Green Economics and Climate Justice: special issue of Race, Poverty and the Environment

Green Economics and Climate Justice: special issue of Race, Poverty and the Environment

Co-published by Urban Habitat and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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Includes articles on New Orleans, Green Collar Jobs; Economic Watersheds by Paul Hawken; Green is the New Black by Majora Carter; and Organizing for Green Industries in Los Angeles by Elsa Barboza.

Race, Poverty & the Environment

Effective Management of Social Enterprises

Effective Management of Social Enterprises:

Lessons from Businesses and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica

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