Introduction

Abstract

Social entrepreneurship is a new trend that has taken the world of business by storm. Across the globe, social entrepreneurship continues to advance and seems to be increasingly recognized as a welcome addition to the traditional business lexicon, given its immense potential for shared value creation. According to Gregory Dees, who is credited as the father of social entrepreneurship and to whom we dedicate this book, given his untimely passing earlier this year, a social entrepreneurial organization places a social mission as the priority over creating profit or wealth, tackling social issues with a business-like approach (Dees, 2001). Social entrepreneurship thus brings much needed entrepreneurial energy into the social space, harnessing the power and ingenuity of business to generate positive social innovations and social change across the world.