
Rasheda L. Weaver
About Rasheda
Weaver's research explores the use of social enterprise and entrepreneurship as a human and community economic development tool. She conducted the first large-scale empirical study on the social, economic, and legal activities of social enterprises in the United States and is the Founder of Weaver's Social Enterprise Directory, a national, public directory for social enterprises in the nation.
Contributions
Why High School Students Should Learn about Social Entrepreneurship
How to Help Profit-Making Social Enterprises Combat Pressing Social Problems
In the News
Publications
Introduces the theoretical framework and to present what some of the measures and instruments might look like, at least in part, based on applications in other contexts.
Introduces and illustrates how social enterprise self-employment programs (SEPs) can foster human capital, a predictor of economic growth and development. Provides cases of human capital-oriented social enterprises that outline different business forms for social enterprise SEPs.