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Title:
How social entrepreneurs enable human, social, and economic development .
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Authors:
Seelos, C., Mair, J.
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Summary:
Sekem, an organization established to make a contribution to Egyptian society in several dimensions (economic, social, and cultural) is the result of the efforts over more than 20 years of an entrepreneur driven by a mission to end poverty in his home country. Ibrahim Abouleish created Sekem by transforming a piece of desert into fertile land that today houses several commercial companies as well as cultural and social institutions, including a theater, a medical center, and schools. The paper argues that social entrepreneurs such as Abouleish are able to overcome the hurdles to sustainable socio-economic development in poor countries by building necessary infrastructure, creating social capabilities to respond to economic opportunity, and discovering and creating the conditions for scaling up and for financial viability. |
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Date:
01/01/2007
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Type:
Chapters
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Book & Publisher:
"Business solutions for the global poor: Creating social and economic value", editors V. Kashturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero and Brooke Barton, Jossey-Bass, January 2007, pages 271-294
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Language:
English
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