Business of Social and Environmental Innovation

Business of Social and Environmental Innovation

New Frontiers in Africa

Hamann, Ralph; Griffin-EL, Eliada Wosu; Bitzer, Verena

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2016

235

Mole

Inglês

9783319356396

15 a 20 dias

In the face of limited progress toward meeting Millennium Development Goals or addressing climate change and resource degradation, increasing attention turns to harnessing the entrepreneurial, innovative, managerial and financial capacities of business for improved social and environmental outcomes.
PART I: Introduction 1. The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation: Introduction PART II: Entrepreneurs 2. Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Biofuel Production: The Case of Tanzanian Outgrowers Cultivating Jatropha for the Global Biofuel Chain 3. Social Innovation Through Development Franchising: Compensating for a Lack of Entrepreneurial Expertise and Connecting to Formal Supply Chains 4. Social and Environmental Enterprises in Africa: Context, Convergence and Characteristics PART III: Corporations 5. The Evolution of a Sustainability Leader: The Development of Strategic and Boundary Spanning Organizational Innovation Capabilities in Woolworths 6. Obstacles To Firms' Adoption of Socially Embedded Approaches To Bop Markets 7. An Integrated Approach To Poverty Alleviation: Roles of the Private Sector, Government and Civil Society Part IV: Partnerships 8. Practitioner Case Study: Key Factors for The Successful Implementation of Stakeholder Partnerships: The Case of the African Cashew Initiative 9. From Concord To Conflict: A Conceptual Analysis of a Partnership for Social Innovation 10. Fostering Innovation for Sustainable Food Security: The Southern Africa Food Lab PART V: Teaching 11. Against Inequality: Towards a Curriculum for Social and Environmental Innovation 12. The Social Innovation Lab: An Experiment in the Pedagogy of Institutional Work
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.