The New Pioneers: Sustainable business success through social innovation and social entrepreneurship

Introduction.

PART I New Times – New Needs.

CHAPTER 1 Outer globalization.

A business world of disorder – the new business paradigm.

The great globalization race – how nations compete.

Five planets wanted – environmental imbalances and growth principle.

More wealth and more inequality – economic imbalances and growth principle.

The silent killers – social imbalances and growth principle.

CHAPTER 2 Inner globalization.

Generation MeWe – conscious labour markets.

The Global Brain – hybrid markets.

Collaborative problem solvers – collective intelligence markets.

Civil power brokers – activism markets.

Conscious buycotters – ethical consumption markets.

PART II New Needs – New Solutions.

CHAPTER 3 The routes to sustainable business success.

The new faces of capitalism – blurring sector borders and the fourth sector.

The value of social entrepreneurship – three dimensions of the new business paradigm.

Responsible business 2.0 – from CSR to CSI and the four enabling Cs.

A business force for good – the power of partnerships and converging fields.

CHAPTER 4 Visions for the future.

An evolutionary revolution – in the midst of a paradigm shift.

Utopias and pessimism – about hope and fear.

Everyone has a role to play – and the power of YOU!

References.

Further reading.

Acknowledgements.

About the author.

Index.