The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa /: new frontiers in Africa. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa /: new frontiers in Africa. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa
- Further Information:
- Note: Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL, editors.
- Editors:
- Bitzer, Verena
Hamann, Ralph
Hall, Martin
Griffin-EL, Eliada Wosu - Contents:
- 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 -- Index.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xi, 235 pages), illustrations (some color)
- Subjects:
- 338.96
Business
Sustainable development -- Africa
Environmental economics -- Africa
Social responsibility of business -- Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General
Environmental economics
Social responsibility of business
Sustainable development
Business and Management
Innovation/Technology Management
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology
Entrepreneurship
Sustainable Development
Education, general
Social Science -- Sociology -- General
Business & Economics -- Entrepreneurship
Science -- Environmental Science
Education -- General
Sociology: work & labour
Entrepreneurship
Sustainability
Education
Management science
Management
Entrepreneurship
Sustainable development
Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management
Research & development management
Africa
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319040516
3319040510
3319040502
9783319040509 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319040509
- Notes:
- Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 26, 2015).
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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