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「社會企業」是什麼? 輕鬆看漫畫,認識社會企業! 《看漫畫認識社會企業》系列書籍,是由香港理工大學及城市大學的二位老師寫的書,用漫畫形式述說香港三個社會企業創業的故事,以及如何解決問題,有別於傳統的方式來陳述社會企業這個議題。 內容淺顯易懂,畫風有趣,頁數100頁以下,閱讀上輕鬆,非常適合對社會企業有興趣或正在創業的民眾閱讀。也非常適合家長、老師帶著小朋友一起閱讀,讓孩子從小有社會企業的概念,培養幫助他人的愛心, 2067年,高樓林立的城市空氣新鮮,路上只有大眾交通工具和腳踏...
This book offers the first exploration into the development of social enterprises in the Greater China region, consisting of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Mainland China. By drawing on the research and experience of over a dozen scholars and practitioners from across the area, it offers a picture of how a strong State can play an important role as a catalyst in developing the social entrepreneurship sector, particularly by legitimizing it. It delves into the role and impact of institutions and policy on the development of social enterprises, and explains how micro and macro factors might interact in influencing social entrepreneurship. Structured in two parts – policy and cases – it revea...
This book highlights the rise of the Strauss-Corbin-Gioia (SCG) methodology as an important paradigm in qualitative research in the social sciences, and demonstrates how the SCG methodology can be operationalized and enhanced using RQDA. It also provides a technical and methodological review of RQDA as a new CAQDAS tool. Covering various techniques, it offers methodological guidance on how to connect CAQDAS tool with accepted paradigms, particularly the SCG methodology, to produce high- quality qualitative research and includes step-by-step instructions on using RQDA under the SCG qualitative research paradigm. Lastly, it comprehensively discusses methodological issues in qualitative researc...
Dr Chandra and colleagues should be congratulated on these professionally produced graphic novels, which conveycomplex ideas in a clear and accessible format. As well as bringing the stories of social entrepreneurs to a wideraudience, they can serve as a heuristic device to inspire wider discussions in the classroom. I plan to use them in my own teaching, and would urge you to do the same. Professor Simon Teasdale, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom Dr. Yanto Chandra and his team bring social entrepreneurship to life through innovative comics that combine storytelling with educative moments in a very accessible way. The resulting discussions willcertainly be spirited and make a di...
One of the most dramatic events in the global economy over the past few decades has been the rise of China as a global economic power. From humble beginnings in the late 1970s, the policy shift in China from a planned to market economy has led to economic growth of tremendous speed. This book examines the changes taking place in China’s economy today and the impacts of these changes in China and abroad. The central theme is that the rapid economic growth has come at a cost, as many problems have emerged as a result in China’s economy and society, including a dramatic rich-poor gap, labour issues, problems in the banking sector and severe inflation in the cost of housing, as well as chall...
This is a most informative, comprehensive, and well-written book. It is full of interesting detail, and the analysis though involving many complex ideas is presented in a coherent and logical style that ensures the reader s interest in retained throughout. It is very suited for its intended market final undergraduate and postgraduate students in a variety of disciplines, including business, business organisation, marketing, and customer-relationship management. First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review This book demonstrates that no organisation is an island, but is part of a complex structure composed of a myriad of other organisations. The author provides an analytical framewor...
This open-access book brings together international experts who shed new light on the status of social enterprises, benefit corporations and other purpose-driven companies. The respective chapters take a multidisciplinary approach (combining law, philosophy, history, sociology and economics) and provide valuable insights on fostering social entrepreneurship and advancing the common good. In recent years, we have witnessed a significant shift of how business activities are conducted, mainly through the rise of social enterprises. In an effort to target social problems at their roots, social entrepreneurs create organizations that bring transformative social changes by considering, among other...
This book examines, comprehensively, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, the regional organisation which consists of China, Russia and most of the Central Asian countries. It charts the development of the Organisation from the establishment of its precursor, the Shanghai Five, in 1996, through its own foundation in 2001 to the present. It considers the foreign policy of China and of the other member states, showing how the interests and power of the member states determine the Organisation’s institutions, functional development and relations with non-members. It explores the Organisation’s activities in the fields of politics and security co-operation, economic and energy co-operation, and in culture and education, and concludes with a discussion of how the Organisation is likely to develop in future. Throughout, the book sets the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation in the context of China’s overall strategy towards Central Asia.
Regarding revolution as a spatial practice, this book explores modes of spatial construction in modern China through a panoramic overview of major Chinese revolutionary events and nuanced analysis of cultural representations. Examining the relationship between revolution, space, and culture in modern China the author takes five spatially significant revolutionary events as case studies - the territorial dispute between Russia and the Qing dynasty in 1892, the Land Reform in the 1920s, the Long March (1934-36), the mainland-Taiwan split in 1949, and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) - and analyses how revolution constructs, conceives, and transforms space. Using materials associated with thes...