Guest Edited by: JEFFREY A GOLDSTEIN, JAMES K. HAZY
Issue Articles
EDITORIAL
Editorial: Complexity and the generation of social value
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EMERGENCE
The social entrepreneurship matrix as a “tipping point” for economic change
As social entrepreneurs and the enterprises they create gain momentum in the marketplace, research aimed at better understanding the effects of this growing form of social commerce has burgeoned. However, consensus regarding how a social entrepreneur... Read More
with BRENDA MASSETTI
CLASSIC PAPER
An introduction to "Society as a complex adaptive system"
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EMERGENCE
Complexity and social entrepreneurship: A fortuitous meeting
This paper looks at how ideas, constructs, methods and insights coming out of the sciences of complex systems can be applied to the study of social entrepreneurship. At present, there is no theory that seeks to define social entrepreneurship in compl... Read More
with JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN JAMES HAZY JOYCE SILBERSTANG
PRACTITIONER
Social entrepreneurship as a performance landscape: The case of ‘Front Line’
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PHILOSOPHY
Social entrepreneurship as an algorithm: Is social enterprise sustainable?
Social enterprise is charity’s web 2.0—a would-be revolution as open to interpretation as a Rorschach blot. For social enterprise to be more than the latest passing fad in doing good, we need a rigorous re-assessment of the link between s... Read More
with JEFFREY TREXLER
EMERGENCE
Adaptive responsibilities: Nonlinear interactions in cross sector social partnerships
This paper presents an instance of failed large scale social innovation from a cross sector social partnership even though the partnership seemed to succeed in its narrow mission. The mechanisms that led to less than complete success can shed light o... Read More
with MARIA SEITANIDI