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 & 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. Bridging the Gap between Commerce and Charity Challenges and Opportunities in Lebanon and Egypt2. The Social Enterprise Sector in Egypt: Current Status and Way Forward; Ehaab Abdou and Raghda El Ebrashi3. Building the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East4. From Sectarianism to Solidarity: A Vital Role for Social Entrepreneurs in MENA: Executive Summary; Haskell, Haskell and Kwong5. Social Entrepreneurship in Morocco: Prospects and Challenges; Mathias Rossi, Jan Eirik Kjeldsen6. Social Entrepreneurship in Morocco: A View on the Cultural Factor; Hamza El Fasiki7. Social Incubation and the Value Proposition of Social Business Incubators: the Case of Nabad; Amal Hmayed, Natalia Menhall and Alessandro Lanteri8. Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East; Samer Sfeir9. Defining Social Entrepreneurship in the Context of a Democratic Transition: The Case of the Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship; Zohra Bousnina, Yasmine Boughzala, Asma Mansour, Asma Snoussi and Samia Karoui Zouaoui