The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa /: new frontiers in Africa. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• 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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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.