What's Policy Got to do with Social Enterprise?

Here's my latest (December 6, 2010) for the Wall Street Journal.

Many social entrepreneurs and social investors tend to avoid inviting the government to their table because it often means a slow, fat-fingered solution, rather than a targeted, nimble infusion of resources.

However, government policy can also serve as a growth catalyst and a broad-based enabler, and, as such, cannot be overlooked as an important partner in the development of social enterprise as a sector.

What does a marriage between social enterprise and government look like?

Read the rest of the article here.