Social Entrepreneurs look to create social impact both as a result of an operational process and as part of the process. They seek out opportunities to add social impact throughout their entire value chain, often employing and training excluded groups as a part of delivering their social mission. The process of social entrepreneurship is characterized by a range of social missions that are addressed at different points in the 'social' value chain.

The conventional view is that social enterprises should be not-for-profit, as they work to serve social needs. However, this is being challenged in the last few decades because we are increasingly finding both governments and markets compounding common problems instead of solving the same. Thus, if social enterprises need to serve the bigger purpose, they need to have personal, financial and technical resources and an institutional framework to function within. To sustain the system as business identity, they need to earn some profit, because they are working to create a long term impact in society. Aravind Eye Care Hospitals, for example, is registered as a trust and is sustained by charging users for affordable eye care.

This book will be help for the students pursuing MBA, corporate interested in CSR & Sustainability Scholars pursuing research in the area of social entrepreneurship, development economics and women's role in development.

Content - Foreword, Message, Preface, Introduction, 1. Integrating Sustainability into Business Practices, 2. Women Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship: A LIFE Vision, 3. Transforming Lives and Creating Livelihood Through Social Entrepreneurship  Five Social Entrepreneurs who transformed 1.7 million lives, 4. Moving Beyond Profit and Economic  Efficiencies: The Shift towards Corporate Sustainability, 5. Social Entrepreneurship & Women: Reclaming the Feminine Energy, 6. Women and Social Entrepreneurship: An Assessment Study, 7. Education, Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility: Case Study of an Innovative  Institution - Banasthali Vidyapith, 8. Case Study on Banana Fibre Based Sarees and Fabric as a Potential Livelihood Model from Tamil Nadu, 9. Role of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in Women Empowerment: Through Equitable Agriculture and Rural Development, 10. Gender Responsive Budgeting in India, 11. Women Entrepreneurship: Developing the World one Step at A Time, 12. Social Challenges Leads To Social Innovation: A Case of Social Entrepreneurship,  13. Social Entrepreneurship: Creating  Innovative Ways to Justify a Better Tomorrow, Annexures, Index