APPENDIX

Where Do Unreasonable Entrepreneurs Cluster?

WHERE CAN WE FIND social entrepreneurs? The answer is everywhere, although certain countries and regions tend to turn up more than their fair share. When, a few years ago, we analyzed the list of Schwab Foundation entrepreneurs, a rough head count showed the continents falling into the following sequence, from the most entrepreneurs to the least: Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, and Europe.1

The greatest concentration of Asian social entrepreneurs is found in the Indian subcontinent. Three countries of the four in the region—India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh—are well represented. There are many reasons for this high level of activity, including the political problems that the region ...

Get The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.