Social and sustainable enterprise changing the nature of business /

• Other Authors: Underwood, Sarah, Murray, Alan
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research ; v. 2.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Small Business.; Business & Economics > Entrepreneurship.; Business & Economics > Structural Adjustment.; Entrepreneurship.; Social impact of environmental issues.; Business > Environmental aspects.; Industries > Social aspects.; Sustainable development.

With current environmental, social and financial challenges facing society and the economy, there has been a rapid growth in interest in the role of social and sustainable enterprise. Accordingly, as government, industry and communities seek to find alternative ways to deliver product and services,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to social and sustainable enterprise : changing the nature of business / Sarah Underwood ... [et al.]
• Process of social entrepreneurship in India : the case of Goonj / Sarika Pruthi
• Radical innovation strategies of environmental-technology entrepreneurs in the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector / Maikel Kishna ... [et al.]
• New business models for a low-carbon future : case studies from the energy sector / Mark Hinnells, Isobel O'Neil
• Green entrepreneurship : building a green economy? : evidence from the UK / David Gibbs, Kirstie O'Neill
• Environmental responsibility in micro-enterprises : exploring the relationship between disclosure and practice / Simon N. Parry
• Does a CSR focus lead to innovation in established firms? / Christina Öberg
• Are companies maintaining social benefits in constrained economic times? / María Dolores Vidal-Salazar, Vera Ferrón-Vilchez, Eulogio Cordón-Pozo
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in small and medium-sized enterprises : a developing country perspective / Shahnaz Ibrahim, Dima Jamali, Mine Karatas-Ozkan.