Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship write by Andrea Larson. This book was released on . Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Entrepreneurship and Sustainability write by Dr Daphne Halkias. This book was released on 2012-10-28. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Entrepreneurship and Sustainability the editors and contributors challenge the notion that not-for-profit social entrepreneurship is the only sort that can lead to the alleviation of poverty. Entrepreneurship for profit is not just about the entrepreneur doing well. Entrepreneurs worldwide are leading successful for-profit ventures which contribute to poverty alleviation in their communities. With the challenge of global poverty before them, entrepreneurs continue to develop innovative, business-oriented ventures that deliver promising solutions to this complex and urgent agenda. This book explores how to bring commercial investors together with those who are best placed to reach the poorest customers. With case studies from around the World, the focus of the contributions is on the new breed of entrepreneurs who are blending a profit motive with a desire to make a difference in their communities and beyond borders. A number of the contributions here also recognize that whilst much research has been devoted to poverty alleviation in developing countries, this is only part of the story. Studies in this volume also focus upon enterprise solutions to poverty in pockets of significant deprivation in high-income countries, such as the Appalachia region of the US, in parts of Europe, and the richer Asian countries. Much has been written about the achievements of socially orientated non-profit microfinance institutions. This valuable, academically rigorous but accessible book will help academics, policy makers, and business people consider what the next generation of more commercially orientated banks for the 'bottom billion' might look like.
Profits and Sustainability
Profits and Sustainability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Profits and Sustainability write by Geoffrey Jones. This book was released on 2017. Profits and Sustainability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability write by Marcus Wagner. This book was released on 2017-09-08. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields. The EIS nexus is particularly relevant from a European point of view given the focus of the European Commission on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, as well as their prominent role within the European Union in general. Also, the rapid economic growth witnessed especially in the BRIC countries in recent years requires that firms reconcile sustainability aspects with profitability and innovation, and entrepreneurs are seen as key diffusers of these aims. Sustainability requires both radical and incremental innovation at many different levels (technology, product, process, system). In many cases, such innovations come from small and medium-sized enterprises and so the role of the entrepreneur is key to their success. The book is split into six sections. The first section examines the nexus in detail focusing on system-oriented connectivity between sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. The second section looks at how to nurture corporate entrepreneurship for sustainability; and the third considers "mature" industries such as automotives, chemicals and electronics and how sustainability aspects can be integrated into innovation process and strategy. The fourth section examines the nexus through the lens of developing countries in Africa. Sustainable entrepreneurship is identified as a hugely beneficial way to foster development. The fifth section of the book concentrates on SMEs; and finally the EIS nexus is approached from a network perspective and focuses on inter-organisational partnerships, which are often an important facilitator or spark for EIS initiatives.This book will prove to be essential for researchers in the EIS nexus and be of invaluable help to practitioners, governments and inter-governmental bodies attempting to encourage sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation.
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation write by Katerina Nicolopoulou. This book was released on 2016-11-10. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sustainable entrepreneurship has attracted growing attention in both scholarly and practitioner circles. Focusing on generating social, environmental and business value, the notion has been raised more recently to address the contribution of entrepreneurial activities to sustainable economic and social development. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation builds on a theoretical framework that addresses related topics via a combination of insights from sustainability, policy, managerial, strategic, innovation and institutional perspectives. Providing empirical casework as well as a conceptual and theoretical framework, the book takes a global, interdisciplinary approach to the emergent field of sustainable entrepreneurship. The book highlights elements of sustainable entrepreneurship which have a societal impact as well as regional relevance and related aspects of innovation are also presented. Definitional issues are further elaborated in order to encompass the main inter-connected fields of study, sustainable entrepreneurship and social innovation. This book is an important resource for academic researchers, and postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability.
