Ka-Neng Au Business Librarian au@rutgers.edu 11 November 2009

Learning Tools: Class Guides: Dana Class Guides:
Social Entrepreneurship (620:492)
Prof. Quintus Jett

Step 1. Identify enterprises and organizations

• America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2009 (BusinessWeek)
• Ashoka Fellows
• B Corporations (certified to meet B Lab's comprehensive and transparent social and environmental standards)
• Changemakers: Groups
• ideablob: View Ideas
• idealist.org
• Independent Sector Members
• NJ Non-Profit Links
• Recipients of Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
• Social Change Websites
• Social Entrepreneurship Award Winners (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)

Step 2. Investigate and compare enterprises

News sources

• About 1,800 newspapers and wire services from around the world (including several New Jersey papers and the New York Times from 1985 to the present) can be searched on the Access World News database. (Rutgers-restricted access)
• Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating 75 business news magazines, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan areas within the United States. Publications of local interest include Crain's New York Business and NJBiz. (Rutgers-restricted access)

Background and Financials

• Directory of Registered Charities (New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs)
• For Charities and Donors (Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance)
• GuideStar (for IRS Form 990 filings of larger organizations)

Step 3. Describe opportunities for a new social enterprise

• Business Source Premier covers business and management topics including company histories, competitive intelligence, and product development. It contains citations, lengthy abstracts, and in most cases, the full-text of articles from 8,000 U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. (Rutgers-restricted access)