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Innovation Hub Research Guide

Resource guide created by Innovation Fellow 2022 Judy Opdahl.

What is social entrepreneurship?

Social entrepreneurs are business owners that develop a startup with the goal to make a social or environmental impact.

Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation eBooks (selected) Selected Entrepreneurship Journals (CSUSM Log-in required)

Selected Physical Books or Open Access Titles

Cover image of ebook titled -  Sprint : how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days

Sprint : how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days

Library

4th Floor - Stacks ; HD30.29 .K63 2016

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Practical electronics for inventors

Library

5th Floor - Stacks ; TK7816 .S347 2016

Cover image of How to write a business plan

How to write a business plan

4th Floor - Stacks HD30.28 .M3839 2016

Streaming Media from CSUSM Library Selected (CSUSM Log-in required)

Seeding change : the power of conscious commerce

20 years ago, a young group of social entrepreneurs joined a movement to change the world through the pursuit of an alternative economic model and practice of conscious commerce. Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce is about "triple bottom line" businesses that consider the social, environmental and financial impacts of their companies and address some of today's most challenging issues. Seeding Change is an award-winning documentary empowers viewers to be part of the solution by voting with their dollars and supporting the brands and products that align with their values.

 

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Maria Pacheco: A Case Study on Social Business

 A series of 18 videos - Maria Pacheco is the founder of Wakami, a social business that designs and exports products that are handmade by Guatemalan women to the global market, as well as providing professional training to groups of rural women. In this series, she talks about creating an environmental value chain, empowering communities, fair wages, and more.

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Social Business

Social business is one that uses business to solve social problems. Equity holders may gradually recoup their investments, costs, and profits without taking dividends. Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus shows how this works across the business spectrum, including multinational companies, very small enterprises, and even a circus company in Cambodia.

 

Try these headings

Subject headings are assigned to books and ebooks in the library's catalog.

Click the link below to view a list of titles with the subject heading

(Adapted from Duke University's Economics Research Guide)

Selected Publications for Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits Selected Entrepreneurship Journals (CSUSM Log-in required)

Selected Research Databases (CSUSM Log-in required)

Selected Research DatabasesUse these databases to research social entrepreneurship topics.