First Issue of Heinz College Social Enterprise Periodical Released

Release Date: May 26, 2009

Social enterprises are for-profit or nonprofit businesses whose products and services address the major unmet needs of society, and Heinz College graduate students have created a new periodical to explore the field on a continuing basis.

The inaugural issue of The Chronicle of Social Enterprise (PDF - 3.5 MB), published by Heinz College's Institute for Social Innovation, is now available. The staff comprises eight graduate students for the first issue under the direction of faculty advisor Jerr Boschee, visiting Heinz College professor and social enterprise expert. Boschee will return to campus again this fall.

The first issue of the Chronicle contains an in-depth look at affirmative businesses, which are social enterprises that provide three things typically not available to people who are physically, mentally, economically or educationally disadvantaged:  Real jobs, competitive wages and career tracks.  The issue includes profiles of more than 20 affirmative businesses, plus stories about affirmative business incubators, the role of the federal government and the rise of the movement internationally.

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