Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Dima Jamali is Professor of Management and Kamal Shair Endowed Chair in Responsible Leadership in the Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut. Her research and teaching revolve primarily around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social Entrepreneurship (SE). She is the winner of the 2010 Shoman Prize for best young Arab researcher and a member of the Eisenhower Fellows, a global network of leading professionals committed to collaborate for a more prosperous, just and peaceful world.   Alessandro Lanteri is Assistant Professor of Management at the Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. His articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Philosophical Studies and Philosophical Quarterly.

• 1. A Decade of Social Entrepreneurship in the Region; Iman Bibars2. The Context for Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East; Diana Greenwald and Samantha Constant3. The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: A Pathway for Inclusive Growth or an Alluring Mirage?; Soushiant Zanganehpour 4. Social Enterprise in the MENA Region: False Hope or New Dawn?; Rebecca Hill and Medea Nocentini5. Social Enterprises: A Panacea for Engaging Youth and Inspiring Hope?; Clare Woodcraft-Scott and Fatimah S. Baeshen6. Scaling Social Enterprises and Scaling Impact in the Middle East; David Munir Nabti7. Bridging impact and investment in MENA; Jamil Wyne8. From Necessity to Opportunity: The Case for Impact Investing in the Arab World; Ali El Idrissi9. Arab diasporas: A Catalyst for the Growth of Social Ventures in the Middle East?; Irene Kapusta