A Brief Assessment of Social Entrepreneurs and Social Entrep A New Wave for Better Humanity with a Case Study of Grameen
By: Savlani, Hasmukh
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Subject(s): Case Study | Bangladesh | Grameen Bank | Social Entrepreneurs | Social Entrepreneurship | Ngos | Non Government Organizations | Public Services | Public Services, Ngos And Social Entrepr | Entrepreneurshipip | Seventh Biennial Conference On The New F | Biennial Conference Papers
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Seventh Biennial Conference on the New Frontiers of EntrepreSummary: In this paper, an attempt has been made to briefly highlight the fast emerging and widely spreading movement of social entrepreneurship (SE) in terms of its clear conception, past nature, present manifestation & popularity, a few examples of social entrepreneurs, the growth of SE organization and, of course, their contribution to our society and humanity at large Subsequently, the above matters are traced out with the support of a well known SE organization, viz, Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, where with sincere but consistent intentions and endeavors, the Bank and its founder Prof.Muhammad Yunus, both Nobel Peace Award winners of 2006, have rendered their excellent social service, which neither governments nor corporate bodies could do, inspite of enough resources at their disposal. With over 2260 branches, the Bank has made its services available in more than 72833 villages (covering more than 86% of villages) during last 30 years through a simple but very strategic economic mechanism, viz, micro-credit or micro finance method. While great economists and bankers confine such method to their seminars, speeches, books, interviews etc, Prof.Yunus brought it to the doors of those...
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In this paper, an attempt has been made to briefly highlight the fast emerging and widely spreading movement of social entrepreneurship (SE) in terms of its clear conception, past nature, present manifestation & popularity, a few examples of social entrepreneurs, the growth of SE organization and, of course, their contribution to our society and humanity at large Subsequently, the above matters are traced out with the support of a well known SE organization, viz, Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, where with sincere but consistent intentions and endeavors, the Bank and its founder Prof.Muhammad Yunus, both Nobel Peace Award winners of 2006, have rendered their excellent social service, which neither governments nor corporate bodies could do, inspite of enough resources at their disposal. With over 2260 branches, the Bank has made its services available in more than 72833 villages (covering more than 86% of villages) during last 30 years through a simple but very strategic economic mechanism, viz, micro-credit or micro finance method. While great economists and bankers confine such method to their seminars, speeches, books, interviews etc, Prof.Yunus brought it to the doors of those...
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