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Social Innovation 'Social innovation' is defined as invention, adjustment or application of new societal concepts applicable to decision making and development processes in public administration, political bodies, legislation, private enterprises, organisations of the social partners and of the civil society.
-Making a change in this world by using innovation and technology.
-Innovative process to serve the social good and benefit mankind
Medical Social change:
Investing in new technologies for accelerating cure for diseases.Utilising creative tools to deliver medical care.
The term entrepreneur has its origins in French economics as early as the 17th and 18th centuries. In French, it means someone who undertakes .
Social entrepreneurs :They are entrepreneurs with a mission for Social change.Changing the world is very important today.
The art of managing a Non profit enterprise requires a disciplined approach with acheiving maximum results with minimum resources.This is similar to boot starping in for profit organisation.
Although Social Innovation may not result in patents,yet the return of investments will be in making a change in this world.
Innovation is the key by word of 21st century.60-80% of economic growth comes from innovation and new knowledge.1 Add to it this social factor and you get a recipe for Social innovation. 1Helpman, E. (2004) The Mystery of Economic Growth, Cambridge, MA. Following on from Solow's work Elhanan Helpman estimated that differences in knowledge and technology explain more than 60% of the differences among countries in income and growth rates.
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Books that are on my Favourite list
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Changing the way we look at things around the world.
Amazon Price: $18.01 (as of 12/09/2009) 
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Begining of our universe and life on planet earth.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals)
Evolution of Life and human beings
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)
Why some nations are rich and some are poor
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
Albert Schweitzer: A Biography (The Albert Schweitzer Library)
An individual to live in the service of every living creature on this planet.
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/09/2009)
Helping Hand for a Change
Accelaration for change
- Faster Cures
- Mission is to identify and implement global solutions to accelerate the process of discovery and clinical development of new therapies for the treatment of deadly and debilitating diseases.
- Give India
- GiveIndia is a trusted platform through which you support a cause of your choice.
GiveIndia is a donation platform that allows you to support a cause of your choice from about 100 NGOs that have been scrutinized for transparency & credibility. - KIVA.org- Loans for Change
- Micro Financing for entreprenuers.
- Social Edge
- Social Edge is a program of the Skoll Foundation that was inspired by Jeff Skoll's commitment to connecting people with shared passions.
- Discover Social Innovation
- Discover Social Innovation in China
- charity village.
- charity village link list for Social Ventures
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Who are they
- Meaning of Social Entreprenuership
- Definations and thoughts on Social entreprenuership
- How do you define a "social entrepreneur?"
- How do you define a "social entrepreneur?"-Bill Drayton CEO of Ashoka,article in SSIR
- Venture philanthropy
- venture capital as a model to strengthen the capacity of charitable organizations.
FAQ's About Social Entrepreneurship.. - Social entrepreneurship
- Social entrepreneurs resources at Stanford University
- Social Innovation Podcasting Channel
- The Social Innovation Podcasting Channel is an open and collaborative online platform for cross-sector and multidisciplinary learning for social change through Social Innovation Conversations.
- Social Silicon Valleys a manifesto for social innovation
- New sources of finance focused specifically on innovation, including public and philanthropic investment in high risk R&D, targeted at the areas of greatest need and greatest potential
Social Silicon Valleys a manifesto for social innovation: what it is, why it matters and how it can be accelerated - Social Innovation in Canada
- Social Innovation in Canada - How the non-profit sector serves Canadians ... and how it can serve them better by Mark Goldenberg
- 10 world-changing social innovations
- 10 world-changing social innovations :As named in the Young Foundation publication Social Silicon Valleys, A Manifesto For Social Innovation
- Social Innovation Awards program (SIA).
- The Drucker Foundation in Canada is named for and inspired by Peter F. Drucker and the Leader to Leader Institute, formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, New York.
- Canadian Council for Social Development
- Canadian Council for Social Development :Funding Matters %u2026 For Our Communities: Challenges and Opportunities for Funding Innovation in Canada's Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (June 2005).
- Innovation and Social Change
- Innovation and Social Change-Bertram C. Bruce
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL 61820 - Social Capitalists
- Social Capitalists-The top 20 groups that are changing the world,article in Fast company
- Forum International de l'Innovation Sociale
- Forum International de l'Innovation Sociale
Created in 1976, the Forum International de l'Innovation Sociale (the Forum) is an international non-profit association whose aim is to promote social innovation in private and public institutions.
Social Enterprise
Books that are inspiring
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Amazon Price: $17.54 (as of 12/09/2009)
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Amazon Price: $8.37 (as of 12/09/2009)
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Collins Business Essentials)
Amazon Price: $12.20 (as of 12/09/2009)
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 12/09/2009)
Papers that I have been reading
Trying to read and finsh
- Stanford Social Innovation Review
- This article by Lis Silverman and Lyn Taliento which appeared in the summer of 2oo6 in SSIR magazine talks about What Business Execs Don't Know -- but Should -- About Nonprofits.In this article, 11 executives who have played leadership roles in both for-profits and nonprofits reveal the critical differences between the two, and suggest ways that business and nonprofit leaders can use this information to create a more effective social sector...
- How to Start a Start Up
- Essay on start up by Paul Graham
- Bill Strickland is reshaping the business of social change
- Pittsburgh-based program of Bill Strickland offers a national model for education, training - and hope- Fast Company article
- From Idea to Impact: Funding Invention for Sustainability
- Julia Novy-Hildesley Executive Director of the Lemelson Foundation writes in the new journal In Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization Winter 2006, Vol. 1, No. 1
- Induced Technical Innovation and Medical History:
- Induced Technical Innovation and Medical History:an Evolutionary Approach by Joel Moky Departments of Economics and History
- INVESTING IN SOCIAL INNOVATION
- INVESTING IN SOCIAL INNOVATION:Harnessing the Potential of Partnership Between Corporations and Social Entrepreneurs:Jane Nelson and Beth Jenkins, A Working Paper of the:Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative.
- Scaling Social Innovations: A Report from the Front Lines
- Nonprofit Geographic Expansion: Branches, Affiliates, or Both? Case Report.Duke University..
- Fostering Innovation for Social Change
- A Position Paper from the Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium
- Social Innovation Capital
- Social Innovation Capital By Mark W. McElroy
President, Macroinnovation Associates, LLC
Resources for entreprenuers
- Education for entreprenuers
- Great Free Stuff :Education for entreprenuers by Stanford University resources.
- Boot Strap Network
- Boot Strapping for new enterprises a network.
- startup nation
- startupnation- Start and grow up your dream business.
Changing the world
- How to Change the world
- This book gives an overview of people around the world who are solving many of its impassable problems.
Gives answers to ..
How should budding social entrepreneurs go about implementing their ideas? Where should they begin? - Global Ideas Bank
- The Global Ideas Bank's origins lie in the Institute for Social Inventions, which was set up in 1985 by Nicholas Albery, social inventor and visionary extraordinaire. From small beginnings (a network of inventors, a quarterly newsletter), the Institute grew into a fully-fledged organisation under his leadership: producing an annual compendium, running social inventions workshops and promoting creative solutions around the world
- Social Networks in Silicon Valley.
- Social Networks in Silicon Valley by Emilio J. Castilla, Hokyu Hwang,Ellen Granovetter, and Mark Granovetter.
"The most crucial aspect of Silicon Valley is its networks." There is no proposition
so universally agreed upon and so little studied.......
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Some Documentaries which are worth watching
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Based on the best selling book-Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and and
Peter Elkind
The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron.
This movie is a must see for what went wrong in enron.
The name enron-all wrong
Some other interesting names:;;
Global Crossing--Double Crossing
World Com---World Con
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
The Corporation (2-Disc Special Edition)
The story behind the veil of corporate world today
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
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- heathrow heathrow Jul 24, 2006 @ 3:40 pm
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- Doctors Doctors Jul 22, 2006 @ 11:39 pm
- Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step..Chinese proverb.
Hope the journey continues
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