Luca Mongelli is an Assistant Professor at L'Aquila University and Scientific Coordinator of the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.Francesco Rullani is Full Professor and Scientific Director of the Impact Unit of the Yunus Social Business Centre Venice at Venice School of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Italy.

“This is a timely, intellectually stimulating book that forces the reader to think. The Authors write in favour of an alternative and new way of helping marginalized people. The novelty consists in the activation of the economic capabilities of disadvantaged persons. This is a jargon-free book that will capture the attention of anyone seriously interested in transferring into practice the universal principle of human dignity and in trying to implement a new welfare model.” Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University

• Introduction Part 1. Human Development, Empowerment and Organizations 1. From deprivation to human development 2. Founding the concept of empowerment: the Capability Approach 3. Enriching the concept of empowerment: from Community Psychology to Management, towards Empowering Organizations 4. Social Business Hybrids as Empowering Organizations Part 2. A reference model and four empirical cases 5. The Safe Creation model: the case of MadeInCarcere 6. The Open Creation model: the case of Ridaje 7. The Open Access model: the case of Pedius 8. The Safe Access model: the case of Dynamo Part 3. Discussion and conclusions 9. Takeaways from the cases and the empowerment models 10. Connecting the wires: spaces, value creation and the matrix of Empowering SBHs

Luca Mongelli is an Assistant Professor at L'Aquila University and Scientific Coordinator of the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.Francesco Rullani is Full Professor and Scientific Director of the Impact Unit of the Yunus Social Business Centre Venice at Venice School of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Italy.

“This is a timely, intellectually stimulating book that forces the reader to think. The Authors write in favour of an alternative and new way of helping marginalized people. The novelty consists in the activation of the economic capabilities of disadvantaged persons. This is a jargon-free book that will capture the attention of anyone seriously interested in transferring into practice the universal principle of human dignity and in trying to implement a new welfare model.” Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University

• Introduction Part 1. Human Development, Empowerment and Organizations 1. From deprivation to human development 2. Founding the concept of empowerment: the Capability Approach 3. Enriching the concept of empowerment: from Community Psychology to Management, towards Empowering Organizations 4. Social Business Hybrids as Empowering Organizations Part 2. A reference model and four empirical cases 5. The Safe Creation model: the case of MadeInCarcere 6. The Open Creation model: the case of Ridaje 7. The Open Access model: the case of Pedius 8. The Safe Access model: the case of Dynamo Part 3. Discussion and conclusions 9. Takeaways from the cases and the empowerment models 10. Connecting the wires: spaces, value creation and the matrix of Empowering SBHs

Luca Mongelli is an Assistant Professor at L'Aquila University and Scientific Coordinator of the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.Francesco Rullani is Full Professor and Scientific Director of the Impact Unit of the Yunus Social Business Centre Venice at Venice School of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Italy.

“This is a timely, intellectually stimulating book that forces the reader to think. The Authors write in favour of an alternative and new way of helping marginalized people. The novelty consists in the activation of the economic capabilities of disadvantaged persons. This is a jargon-free book that will capture the attention of anyone seriously interested in transferring into practice the universal principle of human dignity and in trying to implement a new welfare model.” Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University

• Introduction Part 1. Human Development, Empowerment and Organizations 1. From deprivation to human development 2. Founding the concept of empowerment: the Capability Approach 3. Enriching the concept of empowerment: from Community Psychology to Management, towards Empowering Organizations 4. Social Business Hybrids as Empowering Organizations Part 2. A reference model and four empirical cases 5. The Safe Creation model: the case of MadeInCarcere 6. The Open Creation model: the case of Ridaje 7. The Open Access model: the case of Pedius 8. The Safe Access model: the case of Dynamo Part 3. Discussion and conclusions 9. Takeaways from the cases and the empowerment models 10. Connecting the wires: spaces, value creation and the matrix of Empowering SBHs