Social Enterprise: The Convergence of Mission Driven & For Profit Business By Betsy Densmore

Corporate Social Responsibility, Non-Profit Management

Academies for Social Entrepreneurship (ASE) defines a social enterprise as a venture that combines the best features of mission-oriented nonprofit organizations and sustainably-driven for-profit businesses to solve complex social problems.  From the non-profit sector, these features include a clear and well-defined mission, programs that improve the quality of human life and the environment, an engaged…