Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship: Fundamentals, Concepts, and Tools - Paperback

Luis Portales is a research professor at the University of Monterrey (UDEM), Mexico, where he directs the Center for Wellbeing Studies and is the co-founder of the Social Transformation Lab, an initiative aimed at generating and strengthening social innovations of young Mexicans. He has carried out several social impact assessments and documentation of social development processes for municipal governments, non-profit organizations, and companies. He is a member of the National Research System (CONACYT). His research interests are social innovation and social entrepreneurship, social capital, social responsibility and sustainability, development, and poverty. He has served as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Universidad Anahuac, and different national and international companies. He has collaborated with UNDP and the OAS in the implementation of various research projects and entrepreneurship.