This new text develops a comparative European analysis, within a multidisciplinary framework, of 160 social enterprises in 11 EU countries.

San Francisco CA, January 10 /Xigi.net Press Release/ -- The market for businesses and investors that do good just came into focus thanks to new online maps that track the fast-growing capital market that includes fair trade, microfinance, social enterprise, independent media and clean technology. The growing data emanating from www.xigi.net (pronounced “ziggy,” from zeitgeist) confirms there is a new investor mindset at work in the emerging social capital market. More investors are ready to put money into businesses that are designed to create both social and financial gain.

Net Impact, a nonprofit organization with graduate business students and professional members dedicated to creating a better world through business has just released Business as UNusual: The 2006 Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs. The guide, available for free download, is the first of its kind to focus specifically on student perspectives on social and environmental themes in MBA and other graduate programs-curriculum, career services, and student activities.

Includes articles on New Orleans, Green Collar Jobs; Economic Watersheds by Paul Hawken; Green is the New Black by Majora Carter; and Organizing for Green Industries in Los Angeles by Elsa Barboza.

From the Publisher\'s Press Release: Untapped provides concrete, grounded guidance for investing in and partnering with underserved communities to create not only significant competitive advantages but also vibrant communities in which to live, work, and do business.