Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business
Christine K. Volkmann · 2012
71/100
👍 Worth It
This one earns its place — the field-people-business-market structure is genuinely clear-headed, and having researchers like Johanna Mair and Alex Nicholls involved gives it real credibility in the social entrepreneurship space. It leans European in its case studies and it's still a textbook at heart, but if you want a grounded, well-organized introduction to social enterprise, this delivers.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing68
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit62
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict71
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