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Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Author : Adam Lindgreen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317047850
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship written by Adam Lindgreen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way organizations manage entrepreneurship has changed dramatically over the past decade. Today, organizations take account of economic issues, but they also adopt a broader perspective of their purpose including social and environmental issues (i.e. sustainability). Yet, despite its global spread, sustainable entrepreneurship remains an uncertain and poorly defined ambition with few absolutes. This book reaffirms the important need to improve comprehension and explore the subtleties of how individuals, groups, and organizations can discover, create, and seize opportunities for blended value generation, by designing and operating sustainable ventures. It examines, in an interdisciplinary fashion and across sectoral and geographical boundaries, how entrepreneurial activities can be developed to be generally consistent with sustainable development goals, as well as by whom, for what reasons, and with what implications. The Editors comprehensively review key dimensions of the sustainable entrepreneurship phenomenon to establish an essential definition and up-to-date picture of the field. The 19 chapters cover 4 main topics: Understanding the intentions and motivations for sustainable entrepreneurship Fostering and enacting sustainability through entrepreneurial action Leading and inspiring sustainable entrepreneurial action Finding the contextually grounded implications of and challenges to sustainable entrepreneurship and blended value generation This book is an important resource for entrepreneurs and policy makers as well as students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy-Based Projects, and Digitalization

Author : Amina Omrane
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000292525
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy-Based Projects, and Digitalization written by Amina Omrane and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-27 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Entrepreneurship is nowadays considered as a discipline at the cross-roads of many others. This book describes recent cases, techniques and tools proposed for leaders, entrepreneurs, and practitioners who are involved and responsible for making strategic decisions in their companies and aiming at sustainable development. This book highlights the use of new business models/methods that can be employed by organizations and researchers to save millions of dollars, to enhance the economic growth, as well as to resolve environmental and social issues, via sustainable networks, renewal energy distribution, and social/green entrepreneurship. It will provide a comprehensive discussion of practical techniques, like Machine Learning, Robotics, Photovoltaic solar energy, in the field of renewable energy, and other digital tools, such as digital marketing, crowdsourcing platforms, and digital currency. Meanwhile, it will enlighten the way for entrepreneurs and decision makers by helping them to learn how to grow their business. The focus will be on how to benefit from these techniques to develop sustainable and renewable energy-based projects, as well as digitalized new ventures. The book walks the reader through the latest emerging trends in digitalization that can support practitioners, managers, entrepreneurs, and researchers to help them appreciate the application of sustainable solutions in various functional domains.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Author : Christina Weidinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642387535
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship written by Christina Weidinger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Entrepreneurship stands for a business driven concept of sustainability which focusses on increasing both social as well as business value - so called Shared Value. This book shows why and how this unique concept has the potential to become the most recognised strategic management approach in our times. It aims to point out the opportunities that arise from putting sustainable entrepreneurship into practice. At the same time, this book is a wake-up call for all those companies and decision makers who underestimated Sustainable Entrepreneurship before or who are simply not aware of its greater dimension. Well structured chapters from different academic and business perspectives clearly outline how Sustainable Entrepreneurship contributes to solving the world's most challenging problems, such as Climate Change, Finance Crisis and Political Uncertainty, as well as to ensuring business success. The book provides a framework of orientation where the journey might go: What can a successful concept of SE look like? What are the key drivers for its realisation? What is the role of business in shaping the future of our society? The book also presents best practices and provides unique learnings as well as business insights from the international Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award (www.se-award.org). The Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award (short SEA) is an award for companies today who are thinking about tomorrow by making sustainable business practices an integral part of their corporate culture. Companies that receive the SEA are being recognised for the vision they have shown in combining economic and sustainable responsibility.

Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Author : Rolf Wüstenhagen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184844155X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (484 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship by : Rolf Wüstenhagen

Download or read book Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Rolf Wüstenhagen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I received the review copy I was rather excited. . . the book as a collection of research papers that, in themselves, are very interesting, and provide a fast-track into the literature of the subject in question. . . it is a worthwhile purchase to support thinking on entrepreneurship and innovation in a world where the sustainability agenda is increasingly becoming the agenda for inventors, entrepreneurs and those who fund them or invest in their companies. . . All the papers are well written and scholarly. . . A particularly strong feature of the chapters is the range of sources quoted at the end of each chapter. These references provide pathways into many different literatures that might save much time for subsequent researchers. Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate environmental management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from efficiency to innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for radical innovation via entrepreneurial start-ups or new ventures within existing corporations despite difficulties with the financing and marketing of such efforts. Presenting both conceptual and empirical research, this fascinating book addresses how we can combine environmental and social sustainability with economic sustainability in order to produce innovative new business models. The international cast of contributors addresses the wide range of issues in the balance between growth and environmental concerns. The first five chapters discuss various aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship. This is followed by two chapters that look at innovation within existing firms. Innovation is not successful until it finds a customer, so the two chapters that follow delve into the marketing aspects of business-to-consumer and business-to-business settings. The book closes with a broad discussion of the evolution and future of the research agenda into the intersection of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Academics, students, business professionals, and NGOs will find this volume enlightening and useful.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Author : Eddy Laveren
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839109696
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems by : Eddy Laveren

Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems written by Eddy Laveren and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems research is ever evolving and this timely book stimulates further exploration, offering a research agenda and alternative approaches. Presenting new scientific evidence together with policy and other practical implications, chapters demonstrate the vibrancy and diversity of approaches in the field.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

Author : Katerina Nicolopoulou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317606752
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation by : Katerina Nicolopoulou

Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation written by Katerina Nicolopoulou and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Author : Francesca Masciarelli
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800431473
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship written by Francesca Masciarelli and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Entrepreneurship: How entrepreneurs create value from sustainable opportunities offers unique new insights, represents a step towards the development of a more comprehensive analysis of sustainable entrepreneurship.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Investments in the Green Economy

Author : Jean Vasile, Andrei
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522520767
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Investments in the Green Economy by : Jean Vasile, Andrei

Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Investments in the Green Economy written by Jean Vasile, Andrei and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protection of the environment and economic growth are two important aspects of modern sustainability initiatives. By placing these two together, a competitive advantage is developed by utilizing green factors with investing. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Investments in the Green Economy is an essential reference publication for the latest research on green entrepreneurship and its impacts on investment activity within sustainable development and competitive markets. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as contemporary enterprises, global feeding, and waste management, this book is ideally designed for practitioners, students, and academicians seeking current research on green entrepreneurship and investments.

Profits and Sustainability

Author : Geoffrey Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198706979
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Profits and Sustainability written by Geoffrey Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we imagine green business to be a new thing. This book shows that it is not, and that there were green entrepreneurs who had huge concerns about environmental sustainability, and built businesses that they hoped could address these issues, including Whole Foods Market, Aveda, and The Body Shop, among others.

Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship and Key Drivers of Performance

Author : Popescu, Cristina Raluca Gh.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799879534
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship and Key Drivers of Performance written by Popescu, Cristina Raluca Gh. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s entrepreneurial practices operate in a continuously challenging, highly dynamic, and everchanging environment. In these times of change, it is important to examine up-to-date theoretical infrastructure on the most powerful and representative approaches to sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship. Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship and Key Drivers of Performance covers an updated view of the newest trends, novel practices, and latest tendencies concerning sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in a world dominated by insecurity and dramatic economic, political, and managerial changes. The book presents theoretical infrastructure on approaches to sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship as well as empirical results that make a tremendous contribution to the analysis of organizations’ performance key drivers. Elaborating on topics such as greening economy, intellectual capital, knowledge management, sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, and social responsibility, this text is essential for entrepreneurs, managers, executives, academicians, scientists, researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide.

Women, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Economy

Author : Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429949367
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Women, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Economy written by Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a woman decides to become an ‘entrepreneur,’ she starts her business with a sense of excitement, freedom, wealth, happiness, prestige; however, these feelings can soon turn to fears over debt, difficulties, unpaid invoices, stress, and uncertainty. Being an entrepreneur means taking risks, making decisions, adapting management styles in line with developmental needs, clashing with rivals, being more agile than competitors, negotiating risky scenarios, following business trends, capturing new opportunities before, and being better than the competition. If a woman wants to be successful as an entrepreneur, she needs to have a business education, undergo continued professional development, and have patience and emotional intelligence. Supporting women in their entrepreneurial activities has been shown to positively affect the economy, which is why governments pay special attention to opening new funding opportunities and training programs for women who want to start or develop a business. Female entrepreneurship has individual characteristics because of those aspects of the business which are affected by cultural, technological, legislative, social, and historical developments. This book discusses the relationship between female entrepreneurship and the economy, and academic authors from developing countries such as Brazil, Turkey, Albania, Kosovo, Portugal, and Malaysia analyze the developments encompassing women and entrepreneurship in their respective countries. The authors discuss the regulatory frameworks of each country to show how these either help or hinder female entrepreneurship, and consequently, the place of women in the economy. Women and entrepreneurship is an emerging theme, and this book is a must-read for researchers from both developing and developed countries.

Sustainable Venturing

Author : Thomas J. Dean
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780136044895
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Venturing written by Thomas J. Dean and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable venturing is about harnessing the innovative power of entrepreneurship to solve global social and environmental challenges. Sustainable Venturing attempts to show how that might be accomplished, and how entrepreneurship can be used as a transformative mechanism in our economic system. Sustainable Venturing is the perfect content companion to courses that integrate case studies, speakers, and experiential exercises to engage students in learning about the opportunities for entrepreneurship in sustainability. The text covers a host of concepts, topics, and tools relevant to identifying opportunities, and implementing a business with positive social and environmental outcomes. It also delivers examples of business models that have contributed to sustainability across a broad array of sectors.

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Author : Dr Daphne Halkias
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409460487
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Entrepreneurship and Sustainability written by Dr Daphne Halkias and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-10-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability

Author : Marcus Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135127774X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability written by Marcus Wagner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Social Entrepreneurship as Sustainable Development

Author : Tamara L. Stenn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331948060X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Social Entrepreneurship as Sustainable Development written by Tamara L. Stenn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges readers to imagine social entrepreneurship as an innovative, creative model for building justice and sustainability. Building upon the work of J. Greg Dees, the author explores the concept as a change-based process that creates social value through bold innovation and creativity, providing a “how and why” approach that makes social entrepreneurship accessible to all. The chapters present a holistic way in which to realize the United Nations (UN) 2030 sustainable development goals through the four quadrants of the Sustainability Lens: Resources, Health, Policy, and Exchange. The work is written in an interdisciplinary format which will appeal to multiple learning styles among professors, students, and communities investing heavily in the development of entrepreneurial skills.

Social Entrepreneurship

Author : Alex Nicholls
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191622958
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Social Entrepreneurship written by Alex Nicholls and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Social Entrepreneurship' is a term that has come to be applied to the activities of grass-roots activists, NGOs, policy makers, international institutions, and corporations, amongst others, which address a range of social issues in innovative and creative ways. Themed around the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact, Social Entrepreneurship offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Together they seek to clarify some of the ambiguity around this term, describe a range of social entrepreneurship projects, and establish a clear set of frameworks with which to understand it. Included in the volume are contributions from Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and the father of microfinance, Geoff Mulgan, former head of the British prime minister's policy unit, and Bill Drayton, founder of the Ashoka network of social entrepreneurs. Jeff Skoll, founder of the Skoll Foundation, and first president of eBay, provides a preface. Alex Nicholls provides a substantial new preface to this paperback edition, reflecting on the latest developments in the study and practice of social entrepreneurship.

Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains

Author : Stefano Ponte
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1786992604
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains written by Stefano Ponte and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interaction of sustainability governance and global value chains has crucial implications the world over. When it comes to sustainability the last decade has witnessed the birth of hybrid forms of governance where business, civil society and public actors interact at different levels, leading to a focus on concepts of legitimacy within multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs). Based in over 15 years of theoretical engagement and field research, Business, Power and Sustainability draws from both labour-intensive value chains, such as in the agro-food sector (coffee, wine, fish, biofuels, palm oil), and from capital-intensive value chains such as in shipping and aviation, to discuss how sustainability governance can be best designed, managed and institutionalized in today’s world of global value chains (GVCs). Examining current theoretical and analytical efforts aimed at including sustainability issues in GVC governance theory, it expands on recent work examining GVC upgrading by introducing the concept of environmental upgrading; and through new conceptions of orchestration, it provides suggestions for how governments and international organizations can best facilitate the achievement of sustainability goals. Essential reading on the governance of sustainability in the twenty-first century.